- Russian-backed militants used prohibited blinding laser weapons in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian commanders said.
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs started social media campaign #KyivnotKiev to persuade international media to drop the Russian transcription of the name of the capital and use the Ukrainian one.
- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said they have evidence that Russia has started to deploy a new intermediate-range missile system, violating the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
- The parliament passed in the first reading the bill to simplify the procedure to grant Ukrainian citizenship to foreign volunteers fighting on the Ukrainian side against the joint Russian-separatist forces in eastern Ukraine.
- Metinvest Group, steel and mining companies that belong the oligarch Rinat Akmetov, responded to the mass protest against air pollution in the eastern city of Mariupol, saying they are increasing “green” investments into their plants.
- Ex-President Leonid Kuchma left the Minsk peace group, where he represented Ukraine. He said he decided to leave due to his age. Kuchma turned 80 in August.
