A Radio Svoboda report on Ukraine's positive bilateral trade numbers with Germany:
At a rally in Kyiv today, activists urged G20 leaders to encourage Russian officials to release Ukrainians being held as political prisoners, including Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that she hopes to be able to discuss the Ukraine conflict with other leaders on the sidelines of the G20 summit that begins in Hangzhou, China on September 4, AP reports.
Merkel said she hopes for discussions on "how things go forward in Ukraine."
A Radio Svoboda video report on a very dour Miners' Day in Luhansk as coal mines are closed and miners not working:
A Radio Svoboda report on the low cost of living in Ukraine -- for foreigners:
A man was arrested in the Donetsk region for allegedly selling grenade launchers.
A report claiming Ukrainian PM Volodymyr Hroysman has not yet filed his "e-declaration" of his income and assets, as required by law.