A woman carries a baby as she passes destroyed houses following what locals say was overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces in the eastern town of Slovyansk on June 9.
-- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says that Moscow and Kyiv have reached a "mutual understanding" on key parts of a plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko for ending violence in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine.
-- Reports say up to 20 armed gunmen were trying to seize property from a factory (Topaz) that makes communications and electronic-warfare equipment in the Donetsk region.
-- A deputy foreign minister says Russia will consider any expansion of NATO forces near its borders a "demonstration of hostile intentions" and "take the necessary political and military-technological measures to support our security."
-- A two-man crew for Russian Zvezda TV arrived in Moscow after being released from detention in Ukraine.
-- Serbian officials say their own work on the Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline will have to be suspended after Bulgaria stopped construction of its portion based on EU and U.S. concerns.
-- Ukrainian security forces are reportedly still battling pro-Russian separatists in the east near Slovyansk and Donetsk.
*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv
BREAKING: U.S. President Barack Obama has urged Moscow to engage with Ukraine's President-elect Petro Poroshenko.
Obama spoke after talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on June 5 in Brussels.
He said Poroshenko's inauguration presents an opportunity which Russia needs to seize.
Cameron said the "continued destabilization of Ukraine must stop."
At a summit in Brussels, leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations warned President Vladimir Putin that he "must stop" Russia's "destabilizing" actions in Ukraine or face further sanctions.
At the close of the summit, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said: "The G7 stands united behind Ukraine, politically and economically."
"The G7 leaders will convey this message" to Putin on the sidelines of D-Day commemorations in France on June 6, he added.
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BREAKING: British Prime Minister David Cameron says that from the outset of the Ukraine crisis, the G7 nations have stood united in their message to President Vladimir Putin that Russia's actions are "unacceptable."
Speaking alongside U.S. President Barack Obama at a press conference in Brussels, Cameron said the continued destabilization of Ukraine must stop. He said that if Putin does not take steps to help stabilize the situation, sectoral sanctions against Russia will follow.
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These are the types of false images and misinformation that some pro-Russian groups are spreading.
Photo Gallery:
Pro-Separatists Mislead With Recycled Images (WARNING: Graphic Images)
Bloggers have debunked some of the most outrageous fabrications about Ukraine in the Russian state media and pro-Russian online communities, which often use shocking images from other countries to illustrate the situation in Ukraine. This compilation from social-media websites was made by Ihar Losik of RFE/RL's Belarus Service.
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From our news desk: Ukraine denounces attacks on clergy in Crimea:
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has expressed its deep concern over what it calls "the growing anti-Ukrainian repressive actions" of Russian forces occupying Crimea.
The ministry, in a statement on June 5, accuses the Russian forces of a campaign of "massive persecution and physical violence" against the clergy and parishioners of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Crimea.
It cites in particular a June 1 attack by pro-Russian Cossacks on a church in the village of Perevalne, when it says the Cossacks resorted to violence against the peaceful congregation, including women and children.
The statement accuses Russia of attacking the highest human values to "justify" what it describes as Moscow's "criminal intentions" and "narrow political interests."
It demands that Russia put an immediate end to such a "barbaric and hypocritical policy."
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Bezler, the man ordering the two apparent executions in the horrific video and threatening more, is one of those targeted by EU sanctions.
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The man in the video is apparently Igor Mykolaiovych Bezler, head of a separatist militia in Donetsk. (Warning: GRAPHIC CONTENT).
