09:39
2.5.2014
In an interview with the "Financial Times," acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk described the period between May Day and Victory Day (May 9) at "the most dangerous 10 days" for Ukraine since 1991. He said Moscow is planning clashes during events that evoke nostalgia for the Soviet Union and said there are "10-20 well-trained Russian agents" working in eastern Ukraine, moving from one town to another.
RFE/RL on April 30 published a "reporter's notebook" from Donetsk about the failure of the Geneva agreement to have any impact there and about the mounting anxiety about what may happen in the next week.
RFE/RL on April 30 published a "reporter's notebook" from Donetsk about the failure of the Geneva agreement to have any impact there and about the mounting anxiety about what may happen in the next week.
09:34
2.5.2014
Russian news agency Interfax is quoting pro-Russian militant spokeswoman Stella Khorosheva in Slovyansk as saying "one was killed and another one was injured on the militia's side" during fighting there on May 2. The pro-militant website Slavgorod.ua is reporting that Sloyansk residents are forming a "human shield" at a roadblock in Cherevkovka.
09:29
2.5.2014
This snippet from Rossiya-24 television purports to show a Ukrainian helicopter being shot down by pro-Russian militants in Slovyansk:
09:25
2.5.2014
This photo purports to show a street in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk that has been blocked by comandeered city buses:
08:52
2.5.2014
It appears to be confirmed that four helicopters have been shot down.
08:24
2.5.2014
08:10
2.5.2014
More on the helicopters: On his Facebook page, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov confirmed that one pilot had been killed and others wounded after separatists fired antiaircraft missiles.
08:09
2.5.2014
07:50
2.5.2014
Now RT is reporting that a fourth army helicopter has been shot down in Slovyansk.
07:45
2.5.2014