- More of the latest from Ukraine here and here
- “President: It is necessary to urgently prepare the army for winter” (unian.info, in Ukrainian)
- “The President got acquainted with military trainings on Range Zhitomir — Ukraine President Poroshenko during a working visit to Zhytomyr region visited the landfill, where the training of military personnel. The President reviewed the course of training, familiar with modern weapons that use the military in the area of ATO, and new developments ….” (Press Service of the President of Ukraine, in Ukrainian)
- “Defense Minister announced appearance in the Ukrainian army automatic control systems and communications, and precision weapons. This was announced by Defense Minister Valeriy Geletey during a visit to military-industrial complex in Kiev, reports TSN. “We have bought a lot of precision weapons and equipment, which we did not have before – automated control systems, communication systems and so on, which we had not enough … We must soon re-equip our armed forces,” – said the Minister of Defence.” (ukrinform.ua, in Ukrainian)
- “Nalivaychenko: 4 former SBU officers arrested for treason, 3 – wanted” (unian.info, in Ukrainian)
- “Construction of fortifications in the area ATO completed 80% – Poroshenko” (unian.info, in Ukrainian)
- “Poroshenko: Fortifications on Eastern Border of Ukraine Almost Completed” (RIA Novosti)
- “Fighting for key airport threatens to derail shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine” – more (European Commission news aggregator)
- “Ukraine’s truce in trouble amid airport battle” (Associated Press)
- “Ukrainian troops kill 12 militants who were storming Donetsk airport” (Interfax-Ukraine)
- “The joint centre set up by Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in East Ukraine will coordinate the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in the country, the Trilateral Contact Group said on Saturday ….” (ITAR-TASS)
- “Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine Observes Progress in De-escalation” (RIA Novosti)
- “Contact Group notes progress in Ukraine’s east but concerned about ceasefire violations” (ITAR-TASS)
- “Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels trade blame for Red Cross death” (Agence France-Presse)
- “The Red Cross has suspended work in Donetsk – media — International Committee of the Red Cross suspended its operational activities in Donetsk. This is representative of the ICRC in Ukraine Alina Murzayeva said in comments Tyzhden.ua. “The mission of the ICRC operates in seven cities of Ukraine, the work involved 120 workers, about 50 of them are citizens of other countries. However, current operations of the mission workers suspended for several days in order to understand the situation. Was only later we take a decision on further work in Ukraine “, – said Murzayeva ….” (ukrinform.ua, in Ukrainian)
- “The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has halted activities in Ukraine for several days due to the death of its staff member in Donetsk, the organization’s press secretary in Ukraine Alina Murzayeva told RIA Novosti Saturday ….” (RIA Novosti)
- “ICRC not withdrawing from Ukraine due to death of its staff member — CRC secretary in Ukraine Alina Murzayeva said that ICRC would suspend its activity in the country ….” (ITAR-TASS)
- “Ukrainian security forces are using prohibited weapons against civilians in the south-east of the country, a member of the Russian president’s Human Rights Council, Maxim Shevchenko, said on Saturday. He and Darya Morozova, a candidate human rights commissioner of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, visited one of the mass burial sites and the place where an exploded cluster projectile went off several days after landing, hurting teen-agers, on the outskirts of Donetsk ….” (ITAR-TASS)
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