Pro-Kyiv military blogger Dmitry Tymchuk says regular Russian troops remain in the Telmanovo-Starobeshovo area and Russian army units have been "thrown at Debalcevo and Donetsk," our Ukrainian Service reports.
Poroshenko said last night that three Ukrainian intelligence officers were released from captivity at the hands of eastern Ukrainian fighters.
There's a UN Security Council briefing scheduled for today to discuss the Dutch Safety Board's recent preliminary report on the MH17 tragedy.
Cartoonist Sergey Elkin recently for our Russian Service:
Latvian conductor and violinist Gidon Kremer dedicated a concert by his Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra last night in Dresden to Ukraine, our Russian Service reports.
That's noon UTC.
Reuters flashes:
RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER MEDVEDEV SAYS HISTORY SHOWS THAT ALL ATTEMPTS OF PUTTING PRESSURE ON RUSSIA HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL
RUSSIAN PM MEDVEDEV SAYS RUSSIA READY TO LISTEN TO EUROPEAN, US PARTNERS IF THEY LEARN TO LISTEN TO RUSSIA