The fight has moved into Gorlovka and Donetsk. Artillery is impacting in the former (those are mine tailings fyi in the video, not hills) and street fighting has started in the latter.
Government forces have taken Heorhiyika in Lugansk Oblast. There are reports they have all but encircled Lugansk itself. In the Donetsk Oblast, Dzerzhynsk, Rubizhne and Soledar have been taken.
There are reports another AN26 was shot down.
There are conflicting reports as to what is going on with the rebels. One report states about six armoured vehicles were headed to the border from the Ukrainian side. Another report stated there were 30 coming in from the Russian side. Perhaps the former were damaged and needed to be serviced?
With regards to Flight MH17, the rebels have taken the bodies on a refrigerated train. There were 283 bodies recovered, but the train has left for parts unknown. Likewise, chunks of the aircraft were also recovered and taken away. The black boxes were handed over from the rebels to the Malayasian authorities. Some of the fragments of the fuselage have very strong evidence of shrapnel.
The Russians doubled down on claiming the Ukrainians were responsible. The US has outright said the rebels did it. The UN has stated there must be a full and independent international investigation. I doubt this is really possible at this point with the tampering of the site by the rebels.
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