From Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's statement in English on the "flagrant violation of international law" when "a column of more than 100 vehicles" crossed illegally from Russia onto Ukrainian territory today:
The President informed that pursuant to his instruction, Foreign Minister Klimkin and Head of the Presidential Administration Borys Lozhkin had contacted their Russian counterparts, "expressed our concern and offered to return the situation in the framework of the international law".
He vows that "we will do everything possible to prevent more serious consequences." He also highlights that the International Committee of the Red Cross still had not gotten security guarantees from separatists: "The only factor that prevented the Red Cross from fulfilling the humanitarian mission was the shelling of the roads by terrorists on the way of the humanitarian assistance to Luhansk."
Human Rights Watch's director for Germany says ahead of tomorrow's trip to Ukraine by Angela Merkel:
Merkel’s visit is an opportunity for her to denounce violations of international humanitarian law by the Ukrainian military....
Neither side in this conflict has behaved towards civilians as they should. Merkel should not lose the opportunity to drive the point home to Kiev.
via @GKates
First Russian trucks have arrived in Luhansk:
This seems too short-sighted, but then again...
On Hromadske TV, Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says Russia has been planning its invasion "since 2004," when the Orange Revolution derailed Kremlin-backed candidate Viktor Yanukovych's fraud-based path to the presidency (in Ukrainian):
...and says, "Frankly, the invasion began six months ago":
"Yatsenyuk: Putin's goal -- to restore the Soviet Union":