Here is the latest map of the situation in eastern Ukraine according to the National Defense and Security Council:
#Switzerland has no plans to impose sanctions on #Russia and will remain neutral in the diplomatic row over #Ukraine http://t.co/Bz8xKvlLfD
— Just Hovens Greve (@JustHovensGreve) August 3, 2014
Russia in the Age of Putin is called, by @TheEconomist & others, a mendocracy: rule by liars. It's right word for, let's hope, a short age.
— Strobe Talbott (@strobetalbott) August 3, 2014
#Ukraine is taking a lot of territory quickly in the east but at a high cost. Dispatch 64 https://t.co/Bcut0aUIwN
— Simon Ostrovsky (@SimonOstrovsky) August 2, 2014
This pic of an apparent separatist rally in Donetsk calling for the deployment of Russian troops in the region has been doing the rounds on Twitter:
#Харків #Харьков сейчас: Под лениным проходит сепаратистский митинг, с прямыми призывами к вводу российских войск pic.twitter.com/Ik2xuWH9cw
— Новости Украины (@Dbnmjr) August 3, 2014
We are now closing the live blog for today. Don't forget that you can keep abreast of all our ongoing Ukraine coverage here.
Officials in the Russian-annexed region of Crimea admit that they cannot keep the region supplied with food from Russia, as the ferry over the Kerch Strait is insufficient:
According to our Ukrainian Service, the Russian airline Dobrolot, the low-budget carrier of Aeroflot, has suspended its flights to Crimea after being hit last week with EU sanctions (in Ukrainian):
Ukrainian businessman Vyacheslav Konstantynovsky recently made headlines when he sold his Rolls-Royce to buy equipment for Ukrainian troops fighting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. He spoke to our Russian Service about his motivation for doing so. Read more here (in Russian).