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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
10:54 8.3.2014
10:59 8.3.2014
11:00 8.3.2014
BBC's Russian Service reporting that armed men in military uniforms have seized the main military recruitment center in Simferopol. According to the report, about 100 men arrived in two trucks with Russian number plates, and called themselves "self-defense detachments."
11:06 8.3.2014
Russian State Duma deputy Vyacheslav Nikonov tells BBC's Radio 4 that Western powers "masterminded" Ukrainian crisis

11:07 8.3.2014
11:13 8.3.2014
Via "The Kyiv Post" - Acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya said at a briefing today: "If Russia stops gas supplies, we shall look for other sources."
11:42 8.3.2014
11:46 8.3.2014
From AP - In Sochi, Ukrainian Paralympic Medalist Pleas For 'Independent Ukraine"

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The first Ukrainian medalist of the Sochi Paralympics dedicated her achievement to "an independent Ukraine," appealing for peace as Russia intensifies its control of Crimea.

Olena Iurkovska claimed bronze in the first biathlon event on the first day of competition on Saturday — the women's 6 kilometer sitting competition.

After finishing behind Svetlana Konovalova of Russia, Iurkovska said: "I devote my first medal in Sochi to an independent Ukraine. Every time I race, it will be for Ukrainian independence and peace in my country."
11:58 8.3.2014
The Russian Cinematographers Union issues statement in support of Ukraine:

"We, like you, are categorically against lies in the coverage of the crucial events in Ukraine, and even more so against the Russian military intervention in Ukraine...We are on the side of truth , and we are with you!"

The statement came in response to an appeal from the Ukrainian Cinematographers Union.
12:02 8.3.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service says Russians are blocking the "Crimea" ferry crossing.

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