At the Russian aid convoy, now parked off the main highway, I asked to look in a lorry: no secret weapons stash...just sleeping bags
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) August 14, 2014
DNR says Girkin/Strelkov appointed to chief of general staff. 'His candidacy will be put up for approval by DNR Supreme Council tomorrow.'
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 14, 2014
This blog puts together evidence that pro-Russian forces are shelling their own towns http://t.co/b3TWJX7aup
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) August 14, 2014
Remember Tetyana Chornovol -- the Ukrainian journalist who was savagely beaten and left for dead during Maidan protests late last year? She writes quite moving here about losing her husband -- a volunteer soldier who was killed last week while fighting Moscow-backed separatists.
CNN: Which foods are off #Russian menus? (#INFOGRAPHIC) http://t.co/2eiXRH9Lsa
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) August 14, 2014
Disturbing #s of people in military attire moving across RUS-#Ukraine border in plain sight of OSCE observer mission http://t.co/LUlae5OshP
— Andrew S. Weiss (@andrewsweiss) August 14, 2014
The AFP news agency has issued this video showing the aftermath of intense fighting close to the center of Donetsk today:
BBC gets praise from unusual quarters RT “@natomission_ru: Questions to @AndersFoghR in BBC #Hardtalk are right to the point”
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) August 14, 2014
So @RolandOliphant and I just saw a column of APCs and vehicles with official Russian military plates cross border into Ukraine.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) August 14, 2014
My story on a really bizarre show in Yalta today: Putin tones down rhetoric on Ukraine. http://t.co/kd8VBAfo0w
— Nataliya Vasilyeva (@NatVasilyevaAP) August 14, 2014
We are now closing down our live blog for today. Don't forget that you can keep up with all the latest development in Ukraine here.