A new survey in Germany shows that some 62 percent of those polled favor either maintaining sanctions against Russia (46 percent) or toughening them (16 percent). Only 27 percent say they think the sanctions should be lifted. A total of 64 percent said they no longer see Putin's Russia as a "trustworthy partner."
The busts of Nobel laureates Ilya Mechnikov, Semen Kuznets and Lev Landau were unveiled today near the main building of Kharkiv National University.
Barring any major developments, that ends the live blogging for tonight.
In other Ukraine news....
OSCE Concern About Media Law
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic warns that recent legislative steps in Ukraine could limit free media and the free flow of information.
On April 20, President Petro Poroshenko signed amendments to the law on cinema banning all Russian films made after January 1, 2014. It also bans movies produced by Russia after 1991 if they "glorify the work of government bodies" of Russia.
Mijatovic said in a statement on April 22 that “Ukraine’s current significant progress in the area of media freedom should be preserved and enhanced, not undermined.”
Relations between Ukraine and Russia soured after street protests in Kyiv toppled President Viktor Yanukovych, a Kremlin ally, in February 2014. Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and threw its support behind separatists in the country’s east.