My latest dispatch from war-torn #Luhansk. It's a grim one. Luhansk, Ukraine: City of Ghosts http://t.co/1GfPnUSIS0 via @mashable
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 8, 2014
"Here's a list of 14 candidates" delegate: "i don't know who they are! tell us where they are from at least!" pic.twitter.com/4J2N8QgEai
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) October 8, 2014
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Despite cease-fire, fight continues for #Donetsk airport http://t.co/IYOnpF54hH
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) October 8, 2014
Second time in my life I had to take passport with me for jogging. 1. Narva-Ivangorod 2. This morning in #Donetsk. pic.twitter.com/I5TMjWIuUx
— Silver Meikar (@meikar) October 8, 2014
Here are a few more details from our news desk about the pro-Ukraine protest in Prague earlier:
Two Czech men have staged a protest against the government's policies toward Russia by stripping to the waist at a government press conference and calling on Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka to "show courage" against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The protesters stood up as Sobotka was leaving an October 8 press conference in Prague, taking off their shirts to reveal painted messages that said: "Don’t be with Putin" and "Protect Freedom."
They also distributed leaflets saying "Ukraine needs help" and calling on Sobotka not to "collaborate" with lobbyists from Czech firms that do business with Russia.
The leaflets said Sobotka has "thrown Ukraine overboard in the same way that Western politicians did in 1938 when they betrayed our country," a reference to the appeasement policies of Britain's then-Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain toward Nazi Germany.
(With reporting by Idnes.cz)
Has he, hasn't he resigned? DNR s Zakharchenko now due to give press conference at 6pm local time. No one really knows what is going on
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) October 8, 2014
#Ukrainian FM @PavloKlimkin is meeting w/newly appointed @NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg via @MFA_Ukraine pic.twitter.com/k6AbU0X4Fz
— Volodymyr Solohub (@v_solohub) October 8, 2014
A grim report from #Luhansk, city that suffered the most during #Ukraine military conflict http://t.co/gl8MTOhK3a
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) October 8, 2014
Meanwhile, in Russia:
Police in Moscow have detained Pavel Shekhtman, a Russian civil rights activist and Kremlin critic.
Shekhtman's lawyer told the online news site kasparov.ru that his client was detained on October 8 over recent publications in the Internet, but did not give details.
He said Shekhtman was being held in a Moscow pretrial detention center.
Shekhttan is known for his criticism of the Kremlin over rights abuses in Russia.
In March, Shekhtman was attacked by members of a group led by nationalist opposition politician Eduard Limonov over his criticism of Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Russia annexed the Crimea region form Ukraine in March, and Kyiv and the West say Moscow has sent troops and weapons to help pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
(kasparov.ru, grani.ru)