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Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya speaks to the UN General Assembly on March 27.
Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya speaks to the UN General Assembly on March 27.

Live Blog: UN Backs Ukraine Integrity

Final Summary For March 27

-- The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution that affirms Ukraine's territorial integrity.

-- The IMF has announced "a staff-level agreement" with Kyiv on assistance of $14 billion-$18 billion in conjunction with a reform program that will "unlock" up to $27 billion over the next two years, pending final approval next month. Tthe U.S. Congress has also passed an aid bill for Ukraine.

-- Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko has announced plans to run for president.

-- Members of the Right Sector have been holding a demonstration outside the Ukrainian parliament building to vent their anger at the killing of prominent member Oleksander Muzychko earlier in the week.

-- Six Ukrainian military officers detained by pro-Russian troops in Crimea have been released, including Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, but five others are still being held captive.

-- Anonymous sources quoted by CNN say U.S. intelligence "concludes it is more likely than previously thought that Russian forces will enter eastern Ukraine."

-- U.S. President Barack Obama, in the keynote speech of his visit to Europe, chided Russia for its use of "brute force" in Ukraine and vowed that a determined alliance of the United States and Europe will prevail over time.


*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv
17:57 6.3.2014
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy announces that a Russian failure to deescalate the situation in Crimea "will have serious consequences on our bilateral relations."
17:52 6.3.2014
Reuters quotes Polish media "Gazeta Wyborcza" and "Rzeczpospolita" saying 12 F-16 U.S. fighters are being sent to Poland for a training exercise.
17:32 6.3.2014
17:21 6.3.2014
A senior State Department official says on background that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed Ukraine today when they met on the sidelines of the International Conference on Libya in Rome for 40 minutes. Kerry is said to have stressed the importance of direct Russian-Ukrainian dialogue and talked with Lavrov about formats. Kerry, the source says, also highlighted the need for access by international monitors to Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
17:15 6.3.2014
Paige Alexander, assistant administrator Bureau for Europe and Eurasia for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), tells the same hearing that in the leadup to Ukrainian elections it is important to make sure objective information is available to the Ukrainian public and that Washington supports that effort. She was answering a question from U.S. Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs that's holding the "U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Ukraine" hearing, about whether Washington plans to increase surrogate radio broadcasting to Ukraine, especially to eastern Ukraine.
17:12 6.3.2014
A hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs in Washington has reconvened after a recess. Eric Rubin, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, tells the committee that Washington is encouraged by the current Ukrainian government's willingness to deal with the IMF on correcting deficiencies in its economy.
16:35 6.3.2014
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Eliot Engel, senior Democratic member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee told the hearing: "As Ukraine's leaders restore stability and order in the country. I urge them to reach out to all groups and regions and to work together to build a tolerant pluralistic society. The interim government and any Ukrainian government must protect the rights of all minority populations and make it clear that it represents all Ukrainian citizens."

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