Editor's Note: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gave a speech on implementation of his peace plan on October 12 in Kharkiv:
Dear compatriots!
In September, almost a month ago, a protocol on the implementation of the Peace Plan of the President of Ukraine was approved in Minsk. NATO Summit in Newport was held at the same time.
What have we managed to achieve in this difficult time since the signature of the protocol?
The first result.
We have managed to stop the offensive of the enemy along the whole front.
I mean not mercenaries, not militants-terrorists, but well-trained units of the regular army of the neighboring country.
Hundreds of interventionists that will never come back home have been stopped by our warriors.
It has become a powerful argument in favor of peace on the other side of the border.
Read the full text in English here, courtesy of the "Kyiv Post."
From RFE/RL's News Desk:
Russian investigators say Ukrainian Air Force pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is in Russian custody, has been placed in a medical facility in Moscow to undergo a psychiatric examination.
The Investigative Committee's spokesman, Vladimir Markin, said on October 13 that a psychiatric examination is a standard procedure in cases when a person is charged with serious crimes and could face the harshest penalties possible under Russian law.
Savchenko is charged with complicity in the killing of two Russian journalists who died while covering the conflict between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine.
Savchenko denies the charges.
Savchenko's lawyer, Mark Feigin, has said his client had lodged a protest against the psychiatric examination.
Savchenko was captured in June. Kyiv has demanded her release.
From the German news agency dpa:
Seperatists rebels in eastern Ukraine said they would allow investigators access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17, a news report said Monday.
The Ukrainian rescue team would be allowed to collect personal items from the crash site and from local residents, Jean Fransman, a spokesman for the Dutch Justice Ministry, was quoted as saying by CNN.
Access has been impossible since last month due to the fighting, despite a September 5 cease-fire.
The latest agreement was reached after talks by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Fransman said.
Flight MH17 was carrying 298 people en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it crashed in Ukraine on July 17, after apparently being shot down by a missile.
An international investigation is being led by Dutch authorities.
From a Reuters story by Matt Siegel titled: "Australia PM Says Will Confront Putin At G20 Over Downed Flight MH17 'Murders'":
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday that he would use an upcoming G20 leaders summit to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and the "murder" of Australian citizens.
Allegations that the jetliner was downed by pro-Russian separatists armed with surface-to-air missiles provided by the Kremlin sparked calls in Australia to bar Putin from the meeting of world leaders in Brisbane next month.
Abbott, who has been amongst the most strident critics of Russia's handling of the affair, said on Sunday that it was not within Australia's power to ban a G20 member from attending, but promised to give Putin a stern talking to.
"Look, I'm going to shirtfront Mr. Putin -- you bet I am," Abbott told reporters, using an Australian Rules Football term meaning to hit someone front on and knock them to the ground.
"I'm going to be saying to Mr. Putin, Australians were murdered and they were murdered by Russian-backed rebels using Russian supplied equipment," he said.
The Boeing 777 was shot down in July in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew on board. Twenty-eight Australians were killed.