At least 30 Refugees killed by Ukrainian shelling.
Teacher killed by shrapnell in technical college.
New footage of a leak in the damaged Nord Stream pipeline system emerges, as a former Polish foreign minister thanks Washington, hinting that the US sabotaged the Russian gas supply route.
'Yes' on joining Russia: that's how the referendums in the independent Donbass republics and two breakaway Ukrainian regions ended with the vast majority of votes in favor.
Our correspondent in Donetsk reports on Ukraine's relentless shelling of the city center, the morning after local residents voted in favor of joining Russia.
A major hotel, a school and a residential building were struck in the latest attack.
Germany's opposition leader is forced to backtrack on his statement that Ukrainian refugees are basically welfare tourists, after it sparked outrage in Berlin's national parliament.