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Ukrainian Security Service officers detain Major General Valeriy Shaytanov on suspicion of high treason and terrorism in Kyiv on April 14.
Ukrainian Security Service officers detain Major General Valeriy Shaytanov on suspicion of high treason and terrorism in Kyiv on April 14.

Ukraine Live Blog: Zelenskiy's Challenges (Archive)

An archive of our recent live blogging of the crisis in Ukraine's east.

15:03 26.8.2019

Interfax reports that Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has returned from Kyiv.

There was speculation -- although no confirmation -- that she was in the Ukrainian capital pursuant to a possible prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

The report did not elaborate on Moskalkova's mission or provide any update on the negotiations, which were thought to have been moving forward late last week.

12:13 26.8.2019
12:11 26.8.2019

From AFP:

Ukrainian police said Monday they were investigating a grenade attack on a Kiev office building that caused damage but no injuries.

An unknown assailant fired the rocket-propelled grenade at the building in central Kiev at 1:30 am (22:30 GMT), police said.

The attack damaged the facade, windows and interior of the building, which houses a Ukrainian bridge construction company called Mostobud.

Police said they were investigating the incident as a "terrorist attack" but provided no other details.

12:09 26.8.2019

Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov via Interfax:

-RUSSIA CAN'T JOIN G7 AT INVITATION OF SOLE COUNTRY, GROUP MAKES DECISIONS BY CONSENSUS.

-KREMLIN DOES NOT SEE TRUMP'S SUGGESTION THAT RUSSIA SHOULD BE INVITED TO G7 SUMMIT AS PROVOCATION

12:06 26.8.2019
11:52 26.8.2019

"Central to many of these operations is Wagner, which first emerged on the battlefields of Ukraine. Since then it has grown from a simple paramilitary outfit to providing military training, political consultancy, and intelligence and online influence operations."

11:46 26.8.2019
11:06 26.8.2019

One Ukraine Soldier Killed, 3 Wounded In Donbas Conflict

One Ukrainian soldier was killed and three were wounded in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine after the Russia-backed separatists opened fire with “grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, and small arms,” according to the Ukrainian military.

All the casualties took place in the army’s “north” operational and tactical group, it said.

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09:36 26.8.2019
08:55 26.8.2019

Our Ukrainian Service has published its in-depth look (in Ukrainian) at that country's "Children Of War."

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