Ukrainian parliamentary deputies have urged their colleagues in Europe Union countries not to travel to Russian-occupied Crimea, as a delegation of extremist French deputies did recently.
There is a plan for Ukraine's Vinnytsia region to build a large solar power station that could help a bit to ween the region off of Russian energy.
The losses from Ukrainian mines each month are estimated to be some 250 million hryvnyas (nearly $12 million).
More than 140 people who have taken part in the fighting in eastern Ukraine have been given posts in the Defense Ministry.
Russia's financial reserves in July dropped by a reported $4 billion.
Ukraine's SBU says it uncovered this car bomb contained in a chocolate box.
OSCE monitors recorded 21,309 people wearing camouflage cross the Russian-Ukrainian border from September 1, 2014 until August 4, 2015 at just two checkpoints.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin writes that many people did not believe that the Mistrals would not be delivered to Russia but he says "we won together."
Radio Svoboda with a report on how Crimea could return to Ukrainian control.