Here is an English map of the military situation in eastern Ukraine today, as issued by Kyiv's National Security and Defense Council (click to enlarge):
Some more Mistral info now, from RFE/RL's news desk:
French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said his country is not ready to hand over the first of two warships ordered by Russia because Moscow has not met the conditions to take ownership of the vessel.
Sapin told RTL radio on October 30 that "the conditions have not been met to deliver the Mistral."
The Mistral is a helicopter carrier, which Russia contracted to purchase from France in 2010.
Sapin said the main condition is visible improvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Sapin said, "On one level things are better" but there were "still concerns."
President Francois Hollande has said a September 5 cease-fire between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists must be "completely respected" before France delivers the ship.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on October 29 that Russia expected to receive the first Mistral on November 14.
(Reuters, AFP, Interfax)