Rocket launchers on parade:
Looks like there's some progress at the gas talks:
More on the gas talks from our news desk:
Ukraine's government has authorized the energy minister to sign a protocol with Russia on terms for Russian natural gas imports from November 2014 to March 2015.
On October 30, ahead of a second day of negotiations in Brussels, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said payment for previous gas deliveries worth $1.45 billion will be paid soon after the protocol is signed.
He said the remaining $1.65 billion debt would be paid by year end.
Yatsenyuk said the price for up front payments would be lowered from $385 per 1,000 cubic meters to $378 this year and $365 next year.
He also said the European Commission agreed to be “a guarantor overseeing that Russia sticks to its commitments regarding a fair price.”
Moscow says the sides have agreed on "basic parameters" of documents setting prices, volumes, and a mechanism for restructuring Ukraine's gas debt to Russia.
But it wants advance payments on future deliveries.