Ukrainian military officials say separatist forces fired on Ukrainian troops 17 times in the past day.
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports on the quarantine in Dnipropetrovsk because of the deadly flu outbreak:
LGBT activists picket outside the court in Oblonskiy distict court in Kyiv:
Flu Virus Is New Killer In Eastern Ukraine
A flu epidemic is sweeping through the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk -- and the conflict smoldering nearby is making the situation even worse. Doctors are unable to identify the exact strain of the virus, because the laboratory they need is in separatist-controlled Donetsk.
"The fact is that, although it still has a very long way to go, Ukraine has changed enormously, and mostly for the better, in the last two years." Read more:
Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council (CLICK TO ENLARGE):
