"The European Union reiterates its full support for all efforts to establish the truth, achieving justice for the 298 victims of the downing of Flight MH17 and their next of kin and holding those responsible to account, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2166," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in the statement.Ĥ:38 p.m.: Across Ukraine, combines are racing to harvest this year's grain ahead of fires caused by accident or intention along the war's front lines, CNN reported. Russia says it has been hitting military targets.ħ:06 p.m.: Sunday marks the anniversary for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine. Ukraine says at least 40 people have been killed in such attacks on urban areas in the last three days. To the south, more than 50 Russian Grad rockets pounded the city of Nikopol, on the Dnipro River, killing two people who were found in the rubble, the region's governor Valentyn Reznichenko said. Rockets hit the northeastern town of Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region overnight, killing three people including a 70-year-old woman and wounding three others, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said. “And it is also clear that Ukrainian unity cannot be broken by lies or intimidation, fakes or conspiracy theories.”Ĩ p.m.: Russian officials said on Saturday that its forces would step up military operations in Ukraine in "all operational areas" as Moscow's rockets and missiles pounded cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens in recent days, Reuters reported. “It’s clear that no Russian missiles or artillery will be able to break our unity or lead us away from our path” toward a democratic, independent Ukraine, he said. “Sometimes, information weapons can do more than regular weapons," he said Saturday night. We drive, we investigate, we transport, we search, all the time," he says.Ĩ:55 p.m.: In his nightly address to the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians not to fall for Russia's attempts to scare them with warnings of horrendous missile attacks to come, which he said were aimed at dividing Ukrainian society. They often drive towards danger to collect the bodies and remains of dead Ukrainian and Russian troops and civilians. He says he thinks it's more than 300, but he can't be sure, the BBC reported.Īleksey and his men drive a refrigerated white van, marked with a red cross, to carry out their work. All times EDT.ĩ:50 p.m.: Aleksey Yukov has lost count of the bodies he's recovered in the Donbas over the past five months. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine.
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