In case you're still interested, Poroshenko's website has issued its own English-language translation of yesterday's address to the nation, in which he outlined what was happening in coalition talks and suggested the weekend separatist polls might prompt a change of tack from Kyiv.
We posted it earlier, but for the sake of convenience, here's some video of key elements of his speech:
Here's video of emergency responders trying to put out what Russian authorities says was a "fire that broke out in the engine room of the [Russian Navy submarine chaser "Kerch"] at anchor in Sevastopol."
Subsequent reports from Russian news agencies quoted navy officials as saying no one was hurt in the blaze.
Aleksandr Zakharchenko has been sworn in by separatists in Donetsk as head of the self-styled "Donetsk People's Republic," citing results of the voting on November 2.
Kyiv and Western governments have dismissed the votes in Donetsk and Luhansk as illegitimate.
From our newsroom:
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has criticized the separatist elections in eastern Ukraine as "unfortunate and counterproductive" and called on all parties to recommit to the Minsk peace process.
Our newsroom reports that Poroshenko's meeting with Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council is scheduled to start at 2:00 3:00 p.m. UTC.
Meanwhile, at the "inauguration" ceremony in downtown rebel-held Donetsk: