The internal divisions tearing apart eastern Ukraine were displayed in the city of Donetsk this evening when a protest turned violent.
Ukraine’s interior minister has said that a helicopter pilot has been killed in the city of Slaviansk.
The minister said others were wounded when pro-Russian separatists fired anti-aircraft missiles against Ukrainian helicopters.
As Eastern Ukraine moves towards ungovernability, the US has announced 7 individuals and 17 companies to be targeted in new sanctions.
Moscow mocked previous sanctions against Russia, but restricting trade in the US dollar and the Euro can land a heavy economic hammer blow.