Ukrainian forces are preparing to open a checkpoint on temporarily occupied territory in the Luhansk region (video):
The first congress of the interregional organization "Union of Volunteers of the Donbas" was held.
Ukraine Security Services (SBU) chief Vasyl Hrytsak says there are between 6,000 and 9,000 Russian troops permanently operating on Ukrainian territory and another 50,000 on the immediate border with Ukraine.
President Poroshenko says that some 210,000 Ukrainians were mobilized into the armed services.
The Ukrainian community in the Swiss city of Basel held a march in support for the Russian-jailed pilot Savchenko and film director Sentsov.
A Russian lawmaker has proposed declaring President Vladimir Putin to be king.
A report on the possibility of Ukrainian citizens being allowed visa-free travel in the European Union.
Photos from a Culinary Festival in Dnipropetronsk today that was held to support the military in Donbas.
A second humanitarian aid logistics center has been opened by the Ukrainian government in the Donbas region.