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

Live Blog: UN Backs Ukraine Integrity

March 27, 2014 06:03 CET

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

10:33 16.3.2014

Locals keen to impress on foreign media how peaceful, calm, and friendly it is in Crimea. "Even little children are voting!"
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 16, 2014

10:24 16.3.2014

Please don't call it "referendum" -Sham poll/stunt/charade will do fine. PS does it mean Chechen pro-ind votes in 199os were in fact valid?
— Edward Lucas (@edwardlucas) March 16, 2014

10:21 16.3.2014

Russian financial flight?

Did #Russia just yank $150 Billion from US Govt Bond Mkts? Move is 10X bigger than normal flows @WSJ http://t.co/eKw3rE5JID #Ukraine #Crimea
— Maria Abi-Habib (@Abihabib) March 16, 2014

10:18 16.3.2014

Pro Russian motorbike gang in #Simferopol #crimeareferendum pic.twitter.com/RV6qJjHoJ7
— Lindsey Hilsum (@lindseyhilsum) March 16, 2014

10:16 16.3.2014

Can you actually judge a vote by its cover sometimes? Election worker with shaved head in leather jacket.

"Elegimos entre pan seco de #ucrania o pan con mantequilla #ruso". Dicen en #simferopol pic.twitter.com/MwPA1ZrJBy
— mikel ayestaran (@mikelayestaran) March 16, 2014

10:12 16.3.2014

Covering Crimea vote obviously no easy feat for independents:

two straight interviews broken up by "observers" in #Bakhchysaray. "Your little paper (accreditation) means nothing." #Crimea #pressfreedom
— Noah Sneider (@NoahSneider) March 16, 2014

10:09 16.3.2014

#Crimea flag adorns voting booths at today's referendum. pic.twitter.com/U4jr7QKtGb
— Dan Peleschuk (@dpeleschuk) March 16, 2014

09:49 16.3.2014

In Dnepropetrovsk, around 2,000 football fans rallied in support of "Crimea in Ukraine":

Ультрас Дніпра та Севастополя провели марш єдності на підтримку Криму http://t.co/WlEFtuo1LM pic.twitter.com/oTxxt6HWiy
— Газета День (@TheDayNewspaper) March 16, 2014

09:45 16.3.2014

Wonder which way he broke. :-)

Sergei Aksyonov has voted @rianru: Премьер-министр Крыма Сергей Аксенов на избирательном участке pic.twitter.com/DS3FZLBF0v”
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) March 16, 2014

09:41 16.3.2014

Boxes on these ballots all have option No. 1 checked - to join Russia. RT @EvgenyFeldman: галочки pic.twitter.com/zkn6MCdb70 #Crimea
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 16, 2014

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