RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service quotes the Foreign Ministry in Kyiv saying Russia has expelled a Ukrainian journalist who has been covering the case of abducted Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko. Russian authorities say the journalist, Yevheniy Aharkov, who was detained on July 18, was working without proper accreditation. He was also fined.
Savchenko, who was captured by separatists on June 18 before apparently being forcibly taken to Russia and handed over to Russian authorities, has been accused by those authorities of complicity in the killing of two Russian journalists who were covering the violence in eastern Ukraine.
Very helpful interactive mapping in "Wall Street Journal" of the debris from MH17:
RIA Novosti quotes the Russian agricultural authority, Rosselkhoznadzor, as announcing that country is banning the import of any fruits or vegetables from Poland as of August 1.
That follows a similar move a week ago against Moldova, which signed political and economic chapters of an association agreement with the European Union in June.
From our newsroom, based on BeITA and Reuters reports:
Belarus says it will host talks between Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE on the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's office said on July 30 that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a telephone conversation on July 29 had asked him to host the talks focusing on securing access to the site where a Malaysian airliner was brought down in eastern Ukraine.
The fighting in eastern Ukraine prevented representatives of the OSCE security and rights organization from reaching the crash site on July 29 for the third successive day.
Poroshenko also wants the talks to discuss the release of hostages Kyiv says are being held by pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine.
The talks' date remains unclear.
The talks are expected to involve Russia's ambassador to Kyiv, Mikhail Zurabov, and former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.
Our Ukrainian Service reports 19 dead, more than 30 injured in fighting in Donetsk region in the past day.
Another abortive attempt today by OSCE to reach the MH17 crash site.