10:27
20.4.2014
500 km Ditch between Russia and Sumy oblast. Someone needs to tell Ukraine these things don't work in modern warfare pic.twitter.com/88Q3PWIMrN
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) April 20, 2014
10:07
20.4.2014
Russian media blame Ukrainian ultranationalist movement Right Sector for deadly fighting in Slavyansk: http://t.co/PVQ6tUufe5
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) April 20, 2014
09:46
20.4.2014
Ukrainian guy performs the national anthem on a domofon (apartment block buzzer) https://t.co/0VtcHfzrF4
— tom balmforth (@BalmforthTom) April 20, 2014
08:15
20.4.2014
Good morning. We'll start today's live blog with some disturbing news from Slovyansk, as reported by RFE/RL's news desk:
A gun battle near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk has reportedly left at least four people dead.
Russian state television reported on April 20 that gunmen attacked a pro-Russian checkpoint just outside of Slovyansk.
A correspondent for the Rossia 24 news station said both pro-Russian separatists and gunmen were killed in the incident.
Slovyansk -- which is about 100 kilometers north of Donetsk, the regional capital -- is largely controlled by pro-Russian separatists who first took over a police headquarters and later the city hall.
Separatists also captured some Ukrainian military vehicles from the nearby city of Krematorsk that are being kept in Slovyansk.
Russian state television reported on April 20 that gunmen attacked a pro-Russian checkpoint just outside of Slovyansk.
A correspondent for the Rossia 24 news station said both pro-Russian separatists and gunmen were killed in the incident.
Slovyansk -- which is about 100 kilometers north of Donetsk, the regional capital -- is largely controlled by pro-Russian separatists who first took over a police headquarters and later the city hall.
Separatists also captured some Ukrainian military vehicles from the nearby city of Krematorsk that are being kept in Slovyansk.
19:16
19.4.2014
Barring any major developments, this wraps up our live blogging for today.
19:11
19.4.2014
This just came across the wire from AFP:
'Enemy' Russia doomed to fail in Ukraine: Kiev's Orthodox patriarch
18:56
19.4.2014
Donetsk regional HQ still occupied. Won't leave until Kiev govt bldgs are emptied of protesters. #cbc pic.twitter.com/li5GRob9VC
— Nahlah Ayed (@NahlahAyed) April 19, 2014
18:54
19.4.2014
Video of Ukrainian Foreign Ministry employees holding a flashmob and forming a map of Ukraine.
18:42
19.4.2014
Presidential candidate Oleh Tsariov issues a warning to #Ukraine's oligarchs. http://t.co/NJgjCnbvYd
— Just Hovens Greve (@JustHovensGreve) April 19, 2014
18:25
19.4.2014
#Ukraine Act.Foreign Minister & @OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Chief meet on implementation of Geneva Statement http://t.co/2YtEFbSYOK …
— Michael Bociurkiw (@mikeybbq) April 19, 2014