From Ukraine's ambassador to Austria:
A tweet from the account of NATO's spokeswoman:
Here's an excerpt from this BBC story
Viktor Plakhuta couldn't take the corruption in Ukraine's defense sector any longer.
A former financial services worker, he was part of a wave of young, idealistic Ukrainians who entered government after the country's 2014 pro-Western revolution.
He joined the department responsible for military procurement and reform in the ministry of economic development and trade.
But after 10 months there he resigned, angry at what he said was widespread corruption and a lack of will to do anything about it.
"In the department, I was just carrying out tasks that fulfilled other people's personal interests and corruption," he said.
According to him, defense contracts were regularly inflated or given to insiders, and those who benefited reached the highest levels of power.
Yet the conflict with pro-Russian rebels in the east has made Ukraine's military competence a vital national issue.
You can find the entire article here.
Good morning. As we often do, we'll start the live blog today with a few of the things that caught our eye overnight:
And here's a tweet from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman:
That concludes our live-blogging of the Ukraine crisis for Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Check back here tomorrow for more of our continuing coverage. Thanks for reading and take care.