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
WATCH: Press conference with #OSCE Envoy Guldimann and @oscehcnm Thors in Kyiv today: http://t.co/ZWy52bLiFT
— OSCE (@OSCE) March 6, 2014
15:15
6.3.2014
Slate reminds us Luzhkov laid the foundation of Crimea annexation. Medvedev's initiatives die, but Yury's live on! http://t.co/Y7YmeXpJr7
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 6, 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
. @RFERL reporting Crimean Tatar leader Chubarov calling for international peacekeepers in Crimea.
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 6, 2014
15:30
6.3.2014
Reports claiming that we're organizing convoys for the evacuation of refugees from the Crimean peninsula are FALSE. #Ukraine
— ICRC (@ICRC) March 6, 2014