Good morning. We'll start the live blog today with this item from RFE/RL's news desk.
Pro-Russian separatists claim that shelling has killed three people in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
The rebel-controlled Donetsk city hall said in a statement on October 11 that "as a result of military actions in Donetsk on October 10 three civilians died and four more were injured and hospitalized."
Reports say shelling continued overnight in Donetsk's Kuibyshev district. Several residential houses were reportedly damaged in a fire caused by the shelling.
The reports come as Aleksandr Zakharchenko, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic announced that a "period of quiet" came into force in Donetsk on October 11.
"If it holds for five days, then the parties will begin withdrawing heavy artillery," Zakharchenko said.
Fighting in Donetsk has focused mainly around the government-controlled airport northeast of the city, but nearby residential areas have been hit repeatedly by shells.
The United Nations said more than 300 people were killed since a ceasefire was signed on September 5.
It said at least 3,660 people have been killed and 8,756 wounded in eastern Ukraine since fighting began in mid-April.
That concludes our live-blogging of the Ukraine crisis for Friday, October 10. Please check back here on Saturday for more coverage of the unfolding events.
Here's a Reuters video issued by RFE/RL's multimedia department:
Protesters rallied in Kyiv on October 10 to demand the release of Ukrainians seized by pro-Russian separatists in the country's east. Scuffles broke out as guards tried to stop the protesters from marching toward the presidential building. The demonstrators also scuffled with a man who set a tire on fire, calling him a provocateur.
Maidan investigation leaves questions unanswered
In a long investigative piece, Reuters says Kyiv's probe into the shooting of 100 protesters on Kyiv's Independence Square in February may have serious flaws.
Dmytro Sadovnyk, who was a senior member of the Berkut riot police force, is accused of ordering his men to fire on protesters. But a photograph submitted as evidence shows a man wearing a mask and holding a rifle with two hands -- Sadovnyk himself has only one hand.
The 38-year-old, who was put under house arrest in late September, is now missing.
RFE/RL's Belarusian Service has compiled a nice overview of the Twitter reaction to events at the Belarus-Ukraine soccer match last night, during which several Ukrainian and Belarusian fans were detained after chanting vulgar verses about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Here are a couple of highlights:
"A soccer match where the final score was almost beside the point;"
"The game was between Belarus and Ukraine, but the loser turned out to be Russia."
"Bel fans shouted Glory to Ukraine!' Ukr fans chanted 'Long Live Belarus!,' all cheered '[We're] Together!'