A Ukrainian military spokesman on the fighting in the south:
The prominent Ukrainian military analyst chimes in:
From our news desk:
Ukraine says its border guards have attacked a convoy of "dozens" of armored vehicles and tanks that Kyiv says entered its territory from Russia near the Azov Sea.
AFP quoted Ukrainian security spokesman Leonid Matyukhin as saying the separatist column crossed in an area close to the city of Mariupol in the Donetsk region.
"The convoy has been stopped by border guards," Matyukhin said. "The battle is ongoing."
He did not elaborate.
The clashes are reportedly taking place near the southeastern town of Novoazovsk, on the Azov Sea, about 10 kilometers from the Russian border.
The fighting comes a day ahead of planned talks on the Ukraine crisis in Minsk between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko. Officials from the European Commission will also participate. (Reuters and AFP)
Here is today's map of the military situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:
Ukrainian military again complains of cross-border shelling from Russia:
Ukraine's military says separatist base taken on the outskirts of Luhansk:
An interesting deveopment for possible war crimes charges over the POW march in Donetsk yesterday:
About 1km long line of cars leaving #Mariupol on Ukrainian army checkpoint on the road towards #Berdyansk. One would call it panic.
— Petr Shelomovskiy (@shelomovskiy) August 25, 2014