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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
14:18 6.3.2014
Yatsenyuk has concluded his press conference.
14:36 6.3.2014
Russia Today put up a speculative map, then stuck with it, apparently:
14:37 6.3.2014
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14:48 6.3.2014
Eric Rubin, deputy assistant secretary Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, has told a congressional hearing today that the new Ukrainian government is taking promising steps to get Ukraine back on its feet and Washington stands ready to support it. He called the $1 billion loan guarantee Washington is preparing for Ukraine an example of the strength of the U.S. commitment. He was speaking to a meeting of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs in Washington chaired by Congressman Ed Royce.
14:49 6.3.2014
Deputy Assistant Secretary Rubin has told the hearing that Washington believes the Ukraine crisis can only be solved if the international community is united in supporting the effort.
14:51 6.3.2014
Deputy Assistant Secretary Rubin says the U.S. believes the best way to deescalate the Ukraine conflict is to have an international monitoring presence on the ground. He says that effort is supported by Washington, the OSCE, and the UN. He says the fact that monitors have had extreme difficulty in getting access to Crimea is worrisome and that Washington will be pushing for monitors to have access to anywhere in the country.
14:53 6.3.2014
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