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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
13:13 8.3.2014
13:15 8.3.2014
Photos have been posted of a military convoy from Kerch to Simferopol:

13:21 8.3.2014
A video showing Russians in Ukraine pleading with Moscow to "stop saving us."
13:24 8.3.2014
Radoslaw Sikorski says Poland evacuating its consulate in Sevastopol:

13:30 8.3.2014
13:33 8.3.2014
Shots reportedly fired as an OSCE military mission is denied entry into Crimea.

From AP:

ARMIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — An Associated Press reporter says warning shots were fired Saturday as pro-Russian forces refused to let a foreign military mission enter Crimea.

The multinational group of military officers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe attempted to enter the embattled peninsula from the north, but was stopped by armed men.

Warning bursts of automatic weapons fire were fired into the air, and the officers were told they had no authorization to enter Crimea, according to an AP reporter accompanying them.

No injuries were reported.
13:37 8.3.2014
Slick video of Russian citizens in Ukraine asking Moscow not to "save" them:

13:39 8.3.2014
13:44 8.3.2014
Lviv's Tetiana Turchina has no time for International Women's Day, she's too busy following events in Crimea. In this report via our Ukrainian Service, Turchina says she's willing to take up arms to defend Ukraine against Russia, if the need arises.
13:49 8.3.2014
CCTV footage shows Bulgarian journalist attacked in Simferopol:


He later explains what happened:


Hat tip to Channel 4 for flagging these!

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