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Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.
Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

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Here's today's map of the military situation in eastern Ukraine, commissioned by the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council's information-analytical center:

12:28 9.8.2014

AFP quotes the National Security and Defense Council's spokesman as saying that 13 Ukrainian troops have been killed in the past day in fighting against separatist forces in the east.

12:39 9.8.2014

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15:22 9.8.2014

"Kommersant" quotes the Russian Investigative Committee as saying that the five Ukrainian soldiers it accused of possible "war crimes" and requested be held in pretrial custody have been released based on "the principles of humanity."

A Rostov regional court yesterday had ordered the five -- including a battalion commander and other officers -- to be held for two months.

They are all said to be among the several hundred Ukrainian troops who crossed the border into Russia under unclear circumstances -- with Moscow suggesting they defected and Kyiv saying they were fleeing pro-Russian shelling.

The Russian investigators had suggested the five men were culpable for ordering shelling of Ukrainian towns in the Luhansk region.

It appears that all those Ukrainian troops remain in Russia.

15:24 9.8.2014

There has been no confirmation from the U.S. side, as far as we know.

15:56 9.8.2014

16:38 9.8.2014

The latest piece from Glenn Kates:

In Ukraine, Separatist Commander 'Strelkov' Seems To Be Getting Frustrated

16:39 9.8.2014

That concludes our live blogging for Saturday, August 9. Follow our coverage of Ukraine and other countries in RFE/RL's broadcast region HERE.

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