Lavrov arrives in Berlin for Ukraine talks:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Berlin for talks with his counterparts from Germany, France, and Ukraine on the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists has killed more than 7,900 people since April 2014.
A cease-fire has largely been kept since September, despite sporadic outbreaks of violence, and there have been exchanges of prisoners.
The German Foreign Ministry has said heavy weapons withdrawal was one possible measure that could be considered at the November 6 meeting, with the recent progress on withdrawal of small-caliber artillery and mortars serving as a model. (Interfax, TASS)
Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:
Korban transferred to house arrest:
A Ukrainian court has ordered house arrest for UKROP party leader Hennadiy Korban until December 31.
Kyiv's Pechera district court issued the ruling on November 6.
Korban's lawyer, Oksana Tomchuk, said the court's decision would be "most likely" appealed.
Korban, 45, was initially detained on October 31 on suspicion of involvement in organized crime, embezzlement, and kidnapping, and released 72 hours later as prosecutors failed to issue an arrest warrant against him.
Korban was detained again on November 3 after investigators obtained some more "evidence" of his alleged "involvement into a number of crimes."
UKROP activists say Korban, a former deputy governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, is being harassed for political reasons.
Korban's party, the Ukrainian Union of Patriots (UKROP), was officially registered in September 2014. (UNIAN, Interfax)