Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

Modesty reigns among pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.

In the seized admin building #Donetsk, the chap on the left says proRussia activists are modern day Oliver Cromwells pic.twitter.com/xI3CbJFkyM

— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) April 8, 2014

Reshat Ametov, the Crimean Tatar found dead two weeks after being abducted at an anti-Russian rally in Simferopol, died of a stab wound in the eye. His brother says investigators have not come up with any leads so far.

Крымчанин, похищенный оккупантами, погиб от ножевого ранения в глаз http://t.co/pnjGIHf3WD

— Володимир Притула (@prytulav) April 8, 2014

According to a Gallup survey conducted in March, the vast majority of Russian-speakers in Ukraine (including in Crimea) don't feel threatened or repressed. More than 60 pecent of respondents in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east also opposed a Russian military intervention.

Большинство русскоязычных граждан в Украине не ощущают угрозы http://t.co/W1mkc0bBEu

— Володимир Притула (@prytulav) April 8, 2014

Miners in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region don't support pro-Russian separatists. The head of the local miners' trade union says separatist activists have tried -- and failed -- to recruit miners and persuade them to strike.

Serhiy Pashinskiy, the acting head of Ukraine's presidential administration, says separatism and terrorism are now punishable by up to 15 years in jail.

Сергій Пашинський: "Покарання за сепаратизм та тероризм підняте до 15 років позбавлення волі" Відповідний закон... http://t.co/Wf0ILaQJGW

— МВС України (@MVS_UA) April 8, 2014

One third of Kharkiv's police force will be fired for sabotage, says Ukraine's acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.

Третина особового складу харківської міліції буде звільнено за саботаж – Аваков http://t.co/7XR5wsB7fV

— Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) April 8, 2014

Our Russian Service correspondent Yelena Fainalova has this colorful photogallery of rival pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian rallies in the streets of Kharkiv.

Корреспондент Радио Свобода Елена Фанайлова фотографировала участников Майдана и Антимайдана в центре Харькова http://t.co/WkqsdPSR44

— Радио Свобода (@SvobodaRadio) April 8, 2014

OSCE representative (.@OSCE_RFoM) deeply concerned about deteriorating media freedom situation in eastern Ukraine http://t.co/vKUUrC0xCp

— OSCE (@OSCE) April 8, 2014

Ukraine's parliament has passed a bill increasing the punishment for high treason and crimes against the country's territorial integrity. Under the bill, separatist activities can be punished by jail terms between 10 and 15 years or life in prison.

"Donbas is Ukraine." Ukraine's richest man, Donbas native Rinat Akhmetov, recounts his expletive-laden talks with pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk. Akhmetov, whom some accuse of funding the separatism movement in Ukraine's eastern region, has acted as an intermediary between Donetsk separatists and authorities in Kyiv.