Ukrainian female pilot imprisoned by Russia becoming a symbol of high morale. Image from Kyiv. via @pavelsheremet pic.twitter.com/aAG3UyTQNc
— Ryskeldi Satke (@RyskeldiSatke) July 25, 2014
#Ukraine's Cabinet names Vice PM Volodymyr #Groisman acting PM.Parliament has yet to approve #Yatsenyuk's resignation pic.twitter.com/UT2ulYAILR
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) July 25, 2014
5th plane with bodies of #MH17 in Kharkiv getting ready to depart to Netherlands pic.twitter.com/pBmYzhuNLw
— Javier Pascual (@javierpascual) July 25, 2014
Canada expands sanctions against Russian companies http://t.co/mqqfgByD1r
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) July 25, 2014
The head of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff says he's worried about rising nationalist sentiment in Russia (from RFE/RL's news desk):
The U.S. military's top officer has said Russia's involvement in Ukraine is fanning nationalist sentiments that could spread across the region with unpredictable consequences.
General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said President Vladimir Putin was pursuing an "aggressive" agenda.
Speaking at a security conference in Aspen, Colorado, Dempsey said that instead of de-escalating, Putin has "actually taken a decision to escalate."
"If I have a fear about this, it's that Putin may actually light a fire that he loses control of," he added.
Dempsey was speaking hours after U.S. officials accused Russia of firing artillery across the border at Ukrainian troops, and of intending to arm the separatists with heavier and more powerful multiple rocket launchers.
(AFP, Reuters)
The #Donetsk People's Republic isn't a petrostate like #Russia. That's why traffic police cars are hybrids. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/IlFHSXEnMT
— Lucian Kim (@Lucian_Kim) July 25, 2014
Here are some more details from our news desk on the appointment of Ukraine's new acting prime minister:
The Ukrainian government has officially named Volodymyr Hroysman as the country's acting prime minister.
In its statement issued on July 25, the government said the decision had been made due to Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk's resignation.
Hroysman, 36, has been serving as Yatsenyuk's deputy prime minister and regional development minister since February.
Yatsenyuk resigned in parliament on July 24, explaining that the parliamentary coalition’s breakup earlier that day led to the "blocking of the cabinet's initiatives."
Two parties in the majority coalition announced their withdrawal to allow President Petro Poroshenko to start the procedure for new parliamentary elections.
Early parliamentary elections were expected since the February ouster of former President Viktor Yanukovych following months of protests.
Hroysman was elected mayor of the western city of Vinnytsia in 2006.
(Interfax, ITAR-TASS, UNIAN)
Russian TV suggests Ukrainian army missile training "could have" shot down MH17 RT @vesti_news http://t.co/jbQdxxSdEe
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) July 25, 2014
Human Rights Watch films mass grave found in Slovyansk, town formerly controlled by pro-Russian separatists http://t.co/lkOn0krjTg #Ukraine
— Ivan Watson (@IvanCNN) July 25, 2014
The Guardian has picked up @RFERL's excellent intvw (translated by me) w/Armenian recruited to fight in Donetsk: http://t.co/2EugZAUW07
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) July 25, 2014