From our news desk:
At least four Ukrainian troops and five coal miners were reported killed on July 11 in the east of the country amid a continued government offensive against pro-Russian separatists.
The miners were killed after the bus they were traveling in reportedly came under mortar fire.
Two soldiers and at least one border guard were killed after their armored vehicle drove over a land mine near the Russian border.
Another soldier was killed in an incident near the town of Karlovka in the Donetsk region.
Military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov said at least 50 separatist fighters had been killed in the last few days following government air strikes. (Reuters, UNIAN, and Interfax)
According to the Crimea bureau of our Ukrainian Service, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will monitor the situation of Crimea's Muslims, the Tatars:
These are said to be the reported execution orders signed by pro-Russian separatist leaders in Slovyansk:
LATEST from our news desk:
An adviser to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has said separatist rebels in the east may have killed as many as 30 government soldiers in a rocket attack.
Zoryan Shkyryak is quoted by Reuters as saying the rebels used Grad multiple-rocket launchers in their assault.
"Up to 30 [were killed]," Shkyryak said. "It is not excluded that the number of victims will rise because these bloodthirsty scum despicably shot from Grad [missile] systems and there is destruction."
The news comes amid a renewed government offensive against the rebels.
Military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov claimed that at least 50 separatist fighters had been killed in the last few days.
The Ukrainian military said it has a plan to deliver a "nasty surprise" to the rebels holed up in Donetsk, a city of 900,000, after being pushed out of their bastion in Slovyansk last weekend. (Reuters, UNIAN, and Interfax)