.@rsf_rwb on Eastern Ukraine: "These latest abductions have taken attacks on journalists to a new, intolerable level" http://t.co/m7r6Sb34qy
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) April 25, 2014
Russian news agencies quote police as saying a bomb was thrown from a passing car.
The injuries are not said to be life-threatening.
The incident is under investigation.
According to the Reuters news agency, Odesa residents have built several such checkpoints near the town aimed at stopping pro-Russian separatists from entering Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester.
NATO warned last month of a possible Russian military grab for Transdniester following Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea.
NEW IRI POLL: OPPOSITION TO RUSSIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION STRONG THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, ENTHUSIASM FOR ELECTION HIGH http://t.co/NIugw23vwL
— Geoffrey Pyatt (@GeoffPyatt) April 25, 2014
UN rep gives more deets on Russian military buildup on Ukraine's border: artillery, Grad rocket launchers & 200 tanks http://t.co/Wl0NFa8tOA
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) April 25, 2014
Courtesy of @DmitryTymchuk footage from Slavyansk https://t.co/cE8SL4ljDV
— Ryskeldi Satke (@RyskeldiSatke) April 25, 2014
The agency cited a risk of increased capital flight amid the Ukraine crisis for its decision.
Russia saw capital outflows in the first quarter of 2014 double from a year earlier to $50.6 billion over the uncertainty created by the Ukraine crisis.
The government estimates that full-year capital outflows could reach between $70 billion to $100 billion.
Credit ratings are important for the economy because they determine how expensive it will be for a country or company to borrow on international markets.
Reports of grenade attack against a checkpoint in #Odessa manned by Ukrainian police and pro-Ukrainian civilians. 7 injured. #Ukraine
— Douglas Herbert (@dougf24) April 25, 2014
Post-kidnapping plans of @SimonOstrovsky? Back to #Sloviansk if gets press accreditation, "now that they know me." http://t.co/V5owCl0VCx
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 25, 2014
VIDEO @JohnKerry delivers remarks on #Ukraine. http://t.co/PV0596Ro2R | Video: http://t.co/BP2rMRsDSf
— Geoffrey Pyatt (@GeoffPyatt) April 25, 2014
Ukraine needs around 50 billion cubic meters a year.
The country currently gets most of its gas from Russia, which has threatened to sharply increase the price Ukraine must pay amid high tensions between the neighboring states.
Slovakia has indicated it is willing to take the necessary technical steps to get around eight billion cubic meters per year flowing to Ukraine in the coming months. Ukraine says it's possible for Slovakia to provide much more.
However, there are concerns that Russian energy giant Gazprom, which supplies around one-third of Europe’s gas demand, could accuse Slovakia of violating its contract with Gazprom by carrying out such reverse flows.
The Ukrainian and Slovak energy ministers held talks on the issue April 24 in Bratislava with European Union Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger. Further discussions are expected in Kyiv on April 25.