More fires have broken out at #Donetsk airport, heavy shelling is still going on. pic.twitter.com/Ja1GIPyKoM
— Conflict News (@rConflictNews) October 11, 2014
Here's another item from our news desk:
The foreign ministers of the Czech Republic and Poland have expressed hope that upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine will help resolve the conflict there through diplomacy.
Lubomir Zaoralek and Poland's new foreign minister, Grzegorz Schetyna, were speaking after talks in Prague on October 10.
Poland supports the economic sanctions against Russia for its role in the fighting in Ukraine, but the Czech Republic -- though supportive -- is concerned that the sanctions stifle its trade.
Zaoralek said he hopes that the outcome of the October 26 election in Ukraine will allow for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict.
Schetyna said he hopes the vote will help the Ukrainians decide their future and pledged Poland's continued support for Ukraine's European aspirations.
Schetyna later told the Associated Press news agency that it depended on Russia, whether more sanctions would be needed.
"If Russia escalates its policy, if it does not accept the outcome of the free elections in Ukraine, if it does not respect the cease-fire, then, in a natural way, the issue [of sanctions]will return to the European [and] world agenda," he said.
(AP)
According to Kyiv's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it appears that the Ukrainian soccer fans detained in Belarus on October 9 have now been released.
У Білорусі звільнили усіх затриманих українських вболівальників − МЗС
— Новости Украины (@Dbnmjr) October 11, 2014
All Ukrainian football fans arrested/detained in Barysaw, #Belarus have now been released - #Ukraine MFA
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) October 11, 2014
Ukraine's Energy & Coal Min: Crimea today gets by on 50% of the electricity the peninsula needs http://t.co/toHYESQI3U [via @NotMattBellamy]
— Nina Ivanovna (@ninaivanovna) October 11, 2014
Ukrainian Darth Vader strums acoustic Imperial March for election run - video: http://t.co/zsDyHu0QIv
— Guardian New East (@GuardianNewEast) October 11, 2014
#Donetsk People's Republic sees no sense in dialogue with #Kyiv-appointed Donetsk governor http://t.co/gLCgrdMijq
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) October 11, 2014
Despite the Minsk peace deal, Russian military personnel & equipment are still in Ukraine - @danbbaer http://t.co/lST0GCdmfI
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) October 11, 2014
Look who's manning a Ukrainian checkpoint in Lugansk region. Berkut here Berkut there Berkut everywhere. pic.twitter.com/TaqK927AnX
— Maria Antonova (@mashant) October 11, 2014