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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.
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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
18:49 15.3.2014
18:48 15.3.2014
18:47 15.3.2014
Ahh. Kompromat!

18:45 15.3.2014
18:44 15.3.2014
Where on Earth is Strilkove?

18:41 15.3.2014
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18:07 15.3.2014
RFE/RL's newsdesk has a few more details on the reported Russian incursion outside Crimea:

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has released a statement expressing "its strong and categorical protest against the landing" of Russian troops in an area some 10 kilometers north of Crimea.

The Ukrainian ministry's statement said some 80 troops of the "Russian Federation Armed Forces" backed by four helicopter gunships and three armored combat vehicles had seized the village of Strilkove in the Kherson region today.

The ministry called it an "invasion" of Ukrainian territory and demanded Russia withdraw its forces from Strilkove immediately.

Ukrainian border guard spokesman Oleh Slobodan told the Associated Press some 120 Russian troops had taken control of a natural gas distribution station at Strilkove.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said Ukraine reserves the right to use all necessary measures to stop the military invasion by Russia."

The United States Ambassador to the UN Samantha Powers called news of the Russian troop movement into Ukraine an "outrageous escalation" of the crisis. (with reporting from AP)
17:53 15.3.2014
A snarky tweet from Anders Ostlund:

17:52 15.3.2014

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