More Ukrainian stuff on RT, more shelling. Ramping up the MH17 stuff, more than necessary even after the Murdoch video.
Another random shelling by "Ukrainian" forces of heartstring-tugging targets--a hospital in Donetsk--with the appropriate film crews already present for when the first of 5-10 shells strike. One never knows how to take that kind of report because Ukrainian shelling's been imputed to rebel forces shelling their own side, but there are also fairly good instances documented of the rebels shelling their own side for the media.
A lot of large-calibre shelling overnight, even of electric generating stations, with the immediate announcement that the rebels were pulling back even their small-calibre artillery.
Surkov, some Putin aide, was reported to have visited recently, and the announcement was also reported that the fall elections had been cancelled.
Sometimes it all subsides with nothing happening, Putin just needed something to help him at night when he's not by himself (or maybe when he is). Sometimes it occurs as "pressure" to push the Ukrainian side into some concession. Sometimes it happens just before there's some push that immediately causes Merkel, Hollande, and Obama panic and immediately declare that whatever happens, they won't really stand up to a bully. With the new BRICS "development" bank, though ...
= new reply since forum marked as read
