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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
15:03 6.3.2014
State Deputy Assistant Secretary Rubin tells the House Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting on "U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Ukraine" that the U.S. has suspended all preparations for attending the G8 summit in Sochi and that it is hard to imagine U.S. President Barack Obama attending under present circumstances.
15:07 6.3.2014
Eric Rubin, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, confirms in House hearing that Moscow's actions in Ukraine constitute military aggression and intervention in the affairs of a sovereign country and are a violation of international law.
15:11 6.3.2014
On expanding the United States' so-called Magnitsky List of Russian officials sanctioned over alleged rights violations, Deputy Assistant Secretary Rubin reiterates that U.S. officials are giving "active consideration" to such a move.
15:12 6.3.2014
Rubin tells the House committee that it is critical that there be a free and fair election in Ukraine to choose a new president.
15:13 6.3.2014
Deputy Assistant Secretary Rubin says NATO is an "open alliance" and Ukraine must be free to choose its alliances.
15:14 6.3.2014
15:15 6.3.2014
15:17 6.3.2014
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."
15:28 6.3.2014
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