Re-upping this from our newsroom overnight:
Kyiv Lists Russian Military Units Allegedly In Ukraine
Ukraine's army chief of staff has listed for the first time some of the specific Russian military units alleged to be fighting against Kyiv alongside pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Viktor Muzhenko, in an interview published by Ukraine's Defense Ministry on April 18, said, "Regular Russian army troops are still in Ukraine" despite a cease-fire agreement signed in February which ordered the withdrawal of foreign fighters from the front line.
Russia has repeatedly denied claims by Kyiv and the West that it is arming and sending troops to help separatists who have gained control of parts of the east.
Muzhenko named the Russian army's 15th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the 331st Airborne Regiment, and the 98th Airborne Division.
He said he had "proof" that Russian regular troops had fought in three clashes in the east in February, including a fierce battle for the rail hub of Debaltseve, which is now controlled by the separatists.
Based on reporting by AFP and lugansk-news.com
Your daily dose of Dali from the Ukraine conflict.
Interfax also quotes Georgian media reporting that a former Georgian soldier, Giorgi Dzhanelidze, "has been killed in fighting near the village of Shyrokyne near Mariupol," where fighting intensified recently.
Interfax reports a gruesome apparent killing of a police captain in the Lviv region:
Police in the Lviv region have launched a criminal inquiry into the death of a police captain as a result of "being dragged by horses" on a road....
The Radekhovsky police officers investigating the circumstances around the policeman's death have established the crime scene and suspects: a 53-year-old resident of the Radekhovsky district and a 26-year-old resident of the Sokolsky district.
The police also found that the horses dragged the victim's body over a 13-kilometer distance.
But kudos to his Russian adversary for even showing up, frankly. Tough crowd.
Latvia's military spotted a kilo-class (large) Russian sub patrolling near its waters today.
h/t: @liveuamap