"Donetsk People's Republic" paramilitary leader Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov) has called a press conference for this evening in Donetsk, reporters there say.
White House says Vice President Joseph Biden to meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin later today. -Reuters
Russian stocks and currency continued to slide today for a third straight session, says Reuters:
Moscow's dollar-denominated RTS index slumped 2.5 percent in response, its rouble-traded peer MICEX fell 1.8 percent and the rouble dropped over half a percent against both the dollar and the euro.
Anybody's guess as to what DPR "defense minister" Strelkov's game is at this press conference, aside from trying to ascribe blame for civilian casualties to Ukrainian forces.