Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 11, 2014

A Ukrainian serviceman uses a pair of binoculars as he guards a checkpoint near Debaltseve, Donetsk region August 6, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko

Residents Of Donetsk See No End To Raging Ukrainian Civil War -- Washington Times

DONETSK, Ukraine — When the streets of Donetsk are quiet, the supermarkets resound with the clatter of grocery carts and the rattling of cash drawers.

Elderly women approach the register with mountains of vegetable crates, bags of flour, toilet paper, and jugs of cooking oil. No one knows when they will be able to go to the store again, or if food will be there.

Residents of Donetsk have found themselves in the midst of an civil war that has split the eastern region into loyal Ukrainians and separatists, and has turned their city into the main stronghold for pro-Russia rebels. The Ukrainian army arrived in the city suburbs last week, and the two forces have exchanged artillery and mortar fire throughout neighborhoods.

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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 11, 2014

Ukrainian forces prepare to recapture Donetsk -- The Guardian
Ukraine government loses 568 forces in rebel fighting: military -- Reuters
Donetsk Militia Plans Large-Scale Attack on ‘Demoralized’ Ukrainian Army -- RIA Novosti
Obama to Poroshenko: Any Russian intervention 'unacceptable' -- Reuters
US Senator: Standoff in Eastern Ukraine To Be Settled 'Within Another Week' -- Defense News
NATO chief sees ‘high probability’ of Russian intervention in Ukraine -- The Hill
EU's Barroso warns Putin against military action in Ukraine -- Reuters
Scared Ukraine convicts flee after prison damaged in shelling -- RT
Ukraine shelling sparks Donetsk jailbreak -- BBC
Kremlin Confirms Sending Non-Military Convoy with Aid to East Ukraine -- RIA Novosti
Red Cross Says Awaits Russia’s Data on Humanitarian Assistance for Ukraine -- RIA Novosti
Russia to send humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in spite of warnings -- The Guardian
Ukraine and Russia 'agree' to aid mission to Luhansk -- BBC
Ukraine OKs Red Cross-led aid mission to east -- AP
On the Brink of Survival: No electricity, water, communications in besieged Lugansk, E. Ukraine -- RT
Kiev Seeks to ‘Raze Southeast to the Ground,’ Expel Russian Speakers – Lavrov -- RIA Novosti