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11:00 PM EST - Open Source: An American Voice on Ukraine’s Front Lines Goes Silent - New York Times
10:45 PM EST - MH17 bodies arrive in Malaysia - The Guardian
10:30 PM EST - Malaysians mourn as bodies of victims killed in missile strike return home - CBC.ca
10:00 PM EST - Malaysia Prepares to Receive Bodies From M17 Crash - ABC News
8:30 PM EST - Russian Aid Convoy Starts Crossing Into Ukraine - Sky News
8:00 PM EST - A Fast-Food Symbol of America Falls in Moscow - New York Times
7:45 PM EST - Rebels Falter, but Russian Border Buzzes With Military Activity - New York Times
7:00 PM EST - Families of murdered hostages demand proper investigation - Human Rights in Ukraine
7:00 PM EST - Journalist could be blacklisted for not standing to Russian anthem - Human Rights in Ukraine
7:00 PM EST - President signs repressive ‘anti-terrorist’ laws - Human Rights in Ukraine
6:30 PM EST - Russia Finally Gets Its Color Revolution - Global Voices Online
6:00 PM EST - Ukraine Warns About Economic Fallout of Crisis As Fighting Rages On - Wall Street Journal - via Google News
6:00 PM EST - Russian TV channel RF recycled 2013 footage of Kazakhstan rocket explosion to “show” non-existent Ukrainian missile attack in Donbas - Euromaidan Press
5:30 PM EST - NGOs from Kharkiv invite to join the civic movement “Maidan for NATO” - MaidanUA.org
4:30 PM EST - The Siege Deepens In Eastern Ukraine's Donetsk - NPR.org
4:30 PM EST - Independence Day military parade sparks controversy - Kyiv Post
4:30 PM EST - Trapped in Luhansk - Kyiv Post
4:15 PM EST - Inspection of Russian Trucks at Ukraine Border Begins - New York Times
4:15 PM EST - Mounting insurance claims in war zones - Kyiv Post
4:15 PM EST - At least 620 soldiers killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine - Kyiv Post
4:15 PM EST - Western retail brands exit as consumers cut spending - Kyiv Post
4:00 PM EST - Peers rank top law firms in key areas of legal specialties - Kyiv Post
3:30 PM EST - Humanitarian Aid Convoy for Russian Rebels Due to Arrive; Ukraine Races to Beat Rebels - The Epoch Times
3:30 PM EST - Merkel says Germany won't send its troops to Ukraine's east - Kyiv Post
3:15 PM EST - Russian aid trucks bound for Ukraine pass border checkpoint - euronews
3:15 PM EST - Political turbulence in Ukraine as Poroshenko prepares to dissolve parliament - euronews
3:15 PM EST - Ukraine's economy worsens, pressure on IMF on rise - Kyiv Post
3:00 PM EST - VICE News: Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine - Part 70 - Vice News
3:00 PM EST - Sheremeta gives up economy minister post, weary of fighting ‘yesterday’s system’ - Kyiv Post
3:00 PM EST - ICRC ready to help deliver aid to Luhansk - Kyiv Post
2:45 PM EST - Russian aid convoy clears customs at east Ukraine border - The Guardian
2:30 PM EST - U.S. Army veteran, West Point grad killed fighting for Ukraine - Fox News
2:30 PM EST - Ukraine's Poroshenko talks tough ahead of meetings with Merkel, Putin - Reuters
2:30 PM EST - Three civilians wounded in attacks in Donetsk - city council - Kyiv Post
2:00 PM EST - Deadly rebel counter-offensive a setback for Ukraine forces - Aljazeera America
2:00 PM EST - Hard wheat, oats, millets, peas no longer subject to government's price regulations - Kyiv Post
1:45 PM EST - Pavlo Sheremeta: It’s the people of tomorrow who need to carry out public administration, as the people of yesterday won’t make the changes of tomorrow happen - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
1:45 PM EST - Schedule of press briefings in Ukraine Crisis Media Center for August 22, 2014 - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
1:30 PM EST - International Volunteers and Local Organizations Help Wounded Ukrainians - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
1:30 PM EST - Ukraine Border Guards Begin Approving Russian Aid Convoy - Voice of America
1:30 PM EST - ICRC hopes first trucks carrying Russian humanitarian aid will leave for Luhansk on Aug. 22 - Kyiv Post
1:30 PM EST - Ukrainian forces report clashes in Ilovaisk - Kyiv Post
1:30 PM EST - UN to consider additional ways to help Ukraine - Kyiv Post
1:15 PM EST - 'Ambiguous Warfare' Provides NATO With New Challenge - Voice of America
1:15 PM EST - Russia closes McDonald's restaurants amid Ukraine tensions - euronews
1:15 PM EST - Russian military vehicles 'seized in Ukraine' - euronews
1:00 PM EST - Ukrainian prosecutors find no crime in Svoboda's attack on National Television Company's director general - Kyiv Post
12:45 PM EST - Ukraine Suffers Heavy Losses in Counterattack by Pro-Russia Rebels - Wall Street Journal - via Google News
12:45 PM EST - Fighting Continues in Ukraine as Russian Aid Convoy Reaches Customs - The Epoch Times
12:45 PM EST - Businesses Wonder Who's Next After Russia Targets McDonald's - Voice of America
12:45 PM EST - Netherlands to help Ukraine rebuild Donbas infrastructure - Kyiv Post
12:30 PM EST - MH17: Investigators Plan To Return to Malaysia Airlines Crash Site In Ukraine ... - International Business Times - via Google News
12:30 PM EST - Lens Blog: Photographing Both Sides in Ukraine - New York Times
12:30 PM EST - Russian Foreign Ministry: Lavrov, Steinmeier discuss further steps assisting start of nationwide dialogue in Ukraine - Kyiv Post
12:30 PM EST - NSDC: Ceasefire in Donbas before meeting in Minsk possible if militants back Poroshenko's peace plan - Kyiv Post
12:30 PM EST - Volodymyr Hroisman: United States to share with Ukraine its experience in handling energy crises - Kyiv Post
12:30 PM EST - Foreigners call for establishment of international battalion with president's approval - Kyiv Post
12:15 PM EST - Sixteen Troops Of Internal Ministry, National Guard Special Battalions Killed In Battles For Ilovaisk, Donetsk Region In ATO On August 20 - Ukrainian News Agency
12:15 PM EST - Poroshenko Determines Priority Over Third Wave Of Military Recruitment - Ukrainian News Agency
12:15 PM EST - Cabinet okays measures for second phase of visa liberalization regime with EU - Kyiv Post
12:15 PM EST - Yatsenyuk appreciates US initiative to expand military-technical cooperation with Ukraine - Kyiv Post
12:00 PM EST - Moscow welcomes final agreement on sending humanitarian aid to Ukraine - Kyiv Post
12:00 PM EST - UNHCR: Russia speeds up asylum procedures as Ukrainian influx continues - Kyiv Post
12:00 PM EST - Cabinet allocates Hr 4.4 million to buy apartments in Kyiv for families of servicemen killed in anti-terrorist operation - Kyiv Post
12:00 PM EST - Economy minister will work in acting capacity until parliament accepts his resignation - Kyiv Post
12:00 PM EST - Shell hits Georgian consulate in Donetsk - Kyiv Post
11:45 AM EST - Another Ukrainian Fighter Jet Shot Down Near Russian Border - The Wire - via Google News
11:45 AM EST - Ukraine's Poroshenko says will urge rebel withdrawal at meeting with Putin - Yahoo News
11:45 AM EST - Poroshenko says only military specialists will be enrolled in third phase of partial mobilization - Kyiv Post
11:45 AM EST - Russia calls on conflict parties in Ukraine to cease fire for humanitarian operation - Kyiv Post
11:45 AM EST - Poroshenko ready to dissolve parliament - Euromaidan Press
11:45 AM EST - Economy minister will work in acting capacity until parliament accepts his resignation – Justice Minister - Interfax Ukraine
11:30 AM EST - As Ukraine forces gain in east, focus of German diplomacy shifts - Reuters
11:30 AM EST - Ukrainian humanitarian aid to be distributed among refugees from Donbas - Kyiv Post
11:30 AM EST - Russian Foreigh Ministry: EU attempts to limit product supply to Russia are commercially motivated - Kyiv Post
11:30 AM EST - Deutsche Welle: Customs checks begin on Russian aid trucks - Kyiv Post
11:30 AM EST - Poroshenko says Ukraine strives for peace - Interfax Ukraine
11:15 AM EST - NSDC: Ukrainian troops captured two Russian airborne forces vehicles - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
11:15 AM EST - The Eurasian Union: The other EU - The Economist
11:15 AM EST - Ukraine and Russia: Battering on - The Economist
11:15 AM EST - Serbia’s foreign policy: Divided loyalties - The Economist
11:15 AM EST - A criminal case seems to be fabricated against a pro-Ukrainian activist in Moscow - Voices of Ukraine
11:15 AM EST - President: only military specialists will be enrolled in third phase of partial mobilization - Interfax Ukraine
11:15 AM EST - VIDEO: Ukraine crisis: Who controls what? - BBC News
10:45 AM EST - Some Russian aid trucks clearing customs at a rebel-held border post - CBC.ca
10:30 AM EST - Ukraine's Poroshenko says he could dissolve parliament on Sunday - Yahoo News
10:30 AM EST - Russian Aid Trucks Poised At Border As Ukraine Toll Mounts - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
10:30 AM EST - Over 30 ICRC employees arrive to Donetsk checkpoint, await meeting with Russian, Ukrainian representatives - Kyiv Post
10:30 AM EST - Ukraine gets new evidence of Russian soldiers fighting on its turf (PHOTOS) - Kyiv Post
10:30 AM EST - Poroshenko presents national awards, documents for armored ambulance to 79th separate airmobile brigade - Kyiv Post
10:30 AM EST - ICRC officials monitor clearance of Russian humanitarian cargo - Kyiv Post
10:30 AM EST - Bloomberg: UK natural gas options trading signals Ukraine supply concerns - Kyiv Post
10:15 AM EST - Poroshenko Deems Will Gain Right To Disband Rada On August 24 - Ukrainian News Agency
10:15 AM EST - The Committee on Entrepreneurship, Regulatory and Antimonopoly Policy discussed the issue on resolving the problems of credit unions - Rada.gov.ua
10:00 AM EST - Ukraine 'Captures Russian Armoured Vehicles' - Sky News
10:00 AM EST - Some Russian Aid Trucks Clearing Ukraine Customs - The Epoch Times
10:00 AM EST - Ukraine aid convoy crosses border from Russia - Toronto Star
10:00 AM EST - Russian aid convoy 'heading into Ukraine' - euronews
10:00 AM EST - Ukraine begins checks on Russian aid trucks - Aljazeera English
10:00 AM EST - Militants in southeastern Ukraine warn they will shoot down all drones over their positions - Kyiv Post
10:00 AM EST - Business Insider: An American investment banker fighting in Ukraine was killed in battle - Kyiv Post
10:00 AM EST - Ukrainian military in Ilovaisk receive reinforcement - Interfax Ukraine
9:45 AM EST - Russian Aid Trucks Finally Roll Into Ukraine - NBC News
9:45 AM EST - Many Ukraine troops killed in battle - BBC News
9:30 AM EST - Photo highlights of the day - The Guardian
9:30 AM EST - Explainer: Moscow's Food War With West Could Hurt Russia Most - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
9:30 AM EST - Five Reasons Why This Weekend Might Be The Start Of The Endgame In Ukraine - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
9:30 AM EST - Ukrainian culture minister says Crimean Scythian gold must be stored in Kyiv museums - Kyiv Post
9:30 AM EST - Ukrainian military in Ilovaisk receive reinforcement - Kyiv Post
9:30 AM EST - Polish MEP: The creeping division of Ukraine continues - Euromaidan Press
9:30 AM EST - Poroshenko could disband Rada on August 24 – spokesperson - Interfax Ukraine
9:15 AM EST - Poroshenko could disband Rada on August 24 - Kyiv Post
9:15 AM EST - Ukrainian State Border Guard Service confirm clearance of Russian humanitarian cargo - Interfax Ukraine
9:00 AM EST - Red Cross expects aid convoy to start moving into Ukraine within hours - Kyiv Post
9:00 AM EST - Red Cross says all of its terms for delivering Russian aid to Ukraine observed - Kyiv Post
9:00 AM EST - Agence France-Presse: Kyiv says Russian army vehicles seized - Kyiv Post
9:00 AM EST - Ukrainian State Border Guard Service confirm clearance of Russian humanitarian cargo - Kyiv Post
9:00 AM EST - Ukrainian Interior Ministry, National Guard lose 16 servicemen in Ilovaisk battle - Interfax Ukraine
8:45 AM EST - Painting of star on Moscow skyscraper in Ukrainian flag colors qualifies as disorderly conduct - Kyiv Post
8:30 AM EST - CORRECTS: AP Journalist: 2 Red Cross Jeeps Cross Into Eastern Ukraine From Russia - ABC News
8:30 AM EST - Ukraina media group plans to launch new niche TV channel Indigo - Kyiv Post
8:30 AM EST - Ukrainian Interior Ministry: National Guard lose 16 servicemen in Ilovaisk battle - Kyiv Post
8:30 AM EST - Russian Federal Customs Service: Russian, Ukrainian customs officers start clearance of humanitarian cargo - Kyiv Post
8:15 AM EST - Ukraine Delays Russian Aid Convoy - Voice of America
8:15 AM EST - Ukraine Economy Minister Resigns, Cites Frustrations - Voice of America
8:15 AM EST - Russian aid convoy starts moving into Ukraine - Reuters
8:15 AM EST - NSDC denies Russian media reports of shelling of Makiyivka by Ukrainian army - Kyiv Post
8:15 AM EST - Red Cross believes Russian aid may cross Ukrainian border on Thursday - Kyiv Post
8:00 AM EST - Ukrainian crisis damages tourism in Slovenia - euronews
8:00 AM EST - Swiss airlines to cancel direct Kyiv-Zurich flights from Oct. 1 - Kyiv Post
8:00 AM EST - “Spasibo Putin!” Finland thanks the Russian President for cheap cheese - Euromaidan Press
8:00 AM EST - ICRC not decided on how to deliver humanitarian cargo to Ukraine - Interfax Ukraine
8:00 AM EST - Two civilians killed in artillery fire in Donetsk suburb - Interfax Ukraine
8:00 AM EST - Another 50 Russian humanitarian trucks reach Ukrainian border - Interfax Ukraine
7:45 AM EST - Two civilians killed in artillery fire in Donetsk suburb - Kyiv Post
7:30 AM EST - 5 Ukrainian troops, 2 civilians killed as fierce battles reported - CBC.ca
7:30 AM EST - Two BMD-2s belonging seized to Russia's Pskov Airborne Division - Kyiv Post
7:30 AM EST - NSDC confirms seizure of two BMD-2s belonging to Russia's Pskov Airborne Division - Interfax Ukraine
7:15 AM EST - Gazprom says Ukraine's unpaid gas bill tops $5 billion - Yahoo News
7:15 AM EST - 5 Ukrainian troops killed as fierce battles reported - CBC.ca
7:00 AM EST - 5 Ukrainian troops killed fighting pro-Russia rebels; fierce battles still in city of Luhansk - Fox News
7:00 AM EST - Instructions given to clear humanitarian aid in near future - Kyiv Post
7:00 AM EST - Deutsche Welle: World Health Organization ups Ebola deaths to 1,350 - Kyiv Post
7:00 AM EST - Five Ukrainian soldiers killed in east Ukraine fighting over past 24 hours - Kyiv Post
7:00 AM EST - Tap water supply restored in some Donetsk households - Kyiv Post
7:00 AM EST - Five Ukrainian soldiers killed in east Ukraine fighting over past 24 hours - NSDC - Interfax Ukraine
6:45 AM EST - 5 Ukrainian Troops Killed; Fierce Battles Reported - ABC News
6:45 AM EST - Business community calls for peaceful settling of Russian - Kyiv Post
6:45 AM EST - Poroshenko's visit to Minsk to help resolve some problems in implementation of Association Agreement - Kyiv Post
6:45 AM EST - Crimean investments: citizens find it more and more difficult to recover their money - Euromaidan Press
6:30 AM EST - The Moscow Times: EU official wants tougher sanctions against Russia's ruble - Kyiv Post
6:30 AM EST - Belarus, Ukraine repeal all mutual trade restrictions - Kyiv Post
6:30 AM EST - Shoigu tells US defense secretary humanitarian aid for Ukraine not military intervention - Kyiv Post
6:30 AM EST - Instructions given to clear humanitarian aid in near future - National Security and Defense Council - Interfax Ukraine
6:15 AM EST - Temperature +20...+22, Dry Weather In Kyiv On Friday - Ukrainian News Agency
6:15 AM EST - Ukraine claims upper hand against rebels in east - CBS News
6:15 AM EST - Poroshenko likely to sign decree dissolving Rada, calling new elections next week - Kyiv Post
6:15 AM EST - Poroshenko's visit to Minsk to help resolve some problems in implementation of Association Agreement - Piatnytsky - Interfax Ukraine
6:00 AM EST - Gazprom advance payment to Naftogaz for transit ends; current payments being made - Kyiv Post
6:00 AM EST - Naftogaz to return to Gazprom additional payment for gas transit - Interfax Ukraine
6:00 AM EST - Poroshenko likely to sign decree dissolving Rada, calling new elections next week - adviser - Interfax Ukraine
5:45 AM EST - Several apartment buildings in Luhansk damaged by strikes - Kyiv Post
5:45 AM EST - Chechen who lived in Austria seeks asylum in Ukraine due to prosecution by Russian diaspora - Kyiv Post
5:45 AM EST - Another 16 trucks from Russian aid convoy arrive at Donetsk border checkpoint - Kyiv Post
5:30 AM EST - DNR and LNR should be designated as international terrorist organizations - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
5:30 AM EST - Nine mines in Donbas not operating due to flooding - Kyiv Post
5:15 AM EST - News Out Of Eastern Ukraine Battle Zone Is Hard To Confirm - NPR.org
5:15 AM EST - Russia steps up intelligence activity near Azov coast - Kyiv Post
5:15 AM EST - World Bulletin: Red Cross says Ukraine delays Russian aid convoy - Kyiv Post
5:15 AM EST - Law on reform of gas transport system fully in line with Ukraine's liabilities in WTO - Kyiv Post
5:15 AM EST - McDonald’s in Moscow closed - Euromaidan Press
5:15 AM EST - Sheremeta explains his resignation as being due to uncoordinated appointment of trade representative - Interfax Ukraine
4:45 AM EST - Rabobank warns of Ukraine crisis fallout - The Guardian
4:45 AM EST - Poland sends humanitarian aid for displaced people in Ukraine - Kyiv Post
4:45 AM EST - Landlord’s Visit - UNIAN.info
4:45 AM EST - Shells hit Donetsk Local History Museum - Interfax Ukraine
4:30 AM EST - Yarema Calls Russia's Prosecutor General To Cease Russian Federation Citizens' Participation In East Ukraine Conflict - Ukrainian News Agency
4:30 AM EST - Ukrainian border guards, customs officers has not cleared Russian humanitarian aid yet - Kyiv Post
4:15 AM EST - NBU Institutes Mandatory Sale Of 100% Of Earnings In Foreign Currency By Exporters - Ukrainian News Agency
4:15 AM EST - Sheremeta Resigns - Ukrainian News Agency
4:15 AM EST - Dmitry Tymchuk’s Military Blog: Summary – August 20, 2014 - Euromaidan Press
4:00 AM EST - Foreign media digest 20August 2014 - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
4:00 AM EST - International Committee o the Red Cross should confirm its readiness to deliver Russian aid to point of destination - Kyiv Post
4:00 AM EST - Sheremeta confirms his decision to resign as economy minister - Interfax Ukraine
3:45 AM EST - Ukrainian media digest 20 August 2014 - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
3:45 AM EST - Poroshenko: East Ukraine crisis cannot be resolved by military methods alone - Kyiv Post
3:45 AM EST - Financial Times: Ukraine's economy broken down - Kyiv Post
3:45 AM EST - Rostec unit to build power plants in Crimea - Kyiv Post
3:30 AM EST - Sixteen trucks from Russian aid convoy enter premises of Donetsk checkpoint - Kyiv Post
3:15 AM EST - Bloomberg: Ukraine deaths mount as fighting with rebels intensifies - Kyiv Post
3:00 AM EST - Street battles continue as Ukraine army attacks pro-Russian rebels - euronews
3:00 AM EST - Ukrainian border guards, customs officers did not clear Russian humanitarian aid as of 0700 – State Border Service - Interfax Ukraine
2:45 AM EST - Terrorists Down Su-25 Jet Of Armed Forces' Air Force In Luhansk Region - Ukrainian News Agency
2:45 AM EST - East Ukraine crisis cannot be resolved by military methods alone - Poroshenko - Interfax Ukraine
2:30 AM EST - Ukraine army pushes into rebel-held territory - Aljazeera English
2:30 AM EST - Bloomberg: European gas reverses biggest drop since 2009 on Ukraine - Kyiv Post
2:15 AM EST - Kharkiv court bans pro-Russian South-East movement – prosecutor's office - Interfax Ukraine
1:30 AM EST - The Wire: American volunteer fighter 'Franko' dies fighting separatists in eastern Ukraine - Kyiv Post
1:30 AM EST - International Business Times: Investigators plan to return to Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site in Ukraine when security improves - Kyiv Post
1:30 AM EST - Dmitry Tymchuk’s Military Blog: Summary – August 20, 2014 - Voices of Ukraine
1:15 AM EST - Business Recorder: European shares dip as Carlsberg warns on Russia profits - Kyiv Post
1:00 AM EST - Los Angeles Times: 43 killed as Ukrainian troops take 'significant' part of Luhansk - Kyiv Post
12:45 AM EST - Vice News: The only American fighting for Ukraine dies in battle - Kyiv Post
12:30 AM EST - Ukraine, Russian Presidents to Meet in Belarus - Voice of America
12:15 AM EST - The Only American Fighting for Ukraine Dies in Battle - VICE News - via Google News
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