Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

From our news desk, the UN's latest numbers on the casualties so far:

The United Nations says that more than 4,000 people have been killed in clashes in eastern Ukraine between the government forces and pro-Russian separatists.

The UN said in a report on October 31 that in more than six months of fighting there have been 4,035 certified deaths.

It added that some 300 people were killed just in the last 10 days despite a cease-fire agreed to in early September.

The truce has ended much of the fighting but casualties on both sides are reported daily, especially in clashes at the Donetsk airport, in villages near Luhansk, and in the south near the seaport of Mariupol.

The UN also said more than 930,000 people have been displaced from the Donetsk and Lugansk regions by the fighting.

About half sought refuge in neighboring countries, mainly Russia.

Remember today is supposed to be the "Day of Quiet":

It's elections in Donetsk and Luhansk tomorrow. Here's a short wrap:

Authorities in Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk regions, both controlled by pro-Russian separatists, were preparing for elections that have already been widely condemned and characterized as illegitimate.

Luhansk was marking a "day of silence" of November 1, the eve of elections, with no campaigning allowed and workers already removing campaign posters.

Four people are running for the post of head of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic, including current leader Igor Plotnitsky, and three "social movements" are competing for seats in the "People's Council."

In Donetsk, election officials have canceled the "day of silence" and are allowing candidates to continue campaigning.

Three people, including the current leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko, are running for the top post in the Donetsk People's Republic, and two movements are competing for seats in the "People's Council."

Dozens of governments and the United Nations have already said they will not recognize the elections in these separatist regions.

A depressing take/update from a friend of "The Economist's" Edward Lucas.

We have a great photo gallery from war-torn Donetsk.

Daily Life In War-Torn Donbas

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy has covered the unfolding of the Ukraine crisis: from the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv, the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. In this series of photos, he looks at the harsh realities of daily life in Donbas, a region in eastern Ukraine still blighted by war.

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From our news desk:

The spokesman for Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council has reported six government soldiers were killed and another 10 wounded in fighting since October 31.

Spokesman Volodymyr Polyovy provided that casualty count at a news briefing on November 1 but did not specify where the soldiers were killed and wounded.

Fighting has continued unabated in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire agreement the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists reached in early September.