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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 9.3.2014
11:04 9.3.2014
Still no confirmation of suggestions (including by "Ukrayinska pravda") that pro-Russian forces are planting land mines, possibly at Chongar, near the base of the Crimean peninsula. Photos being shared on social networks and a Ukrainian news report show at least one sign staked into the ground that warns "Mines!"
11:13 9.3.2014
Kyiv Post reports there are two choices for voters in Crimea's March 16 referendum to join Russia -- "yes now", or "yes later".

There is no option for a "no" vote on the ballot.
11:23 9.3.2014
Europe faces "great danger of a real shooting conflict" if Russian forces move beyond Crimea, according to the British foreign secretary.

William Hague accuses Putin of a major miscalculation in this article today by The Guardian, but says neither diplomatic pressure nor economic sanctions will remove Russian forces from the Crimean Peninsula
11:42 9.3.2014
11:44 9.3.2014
11:49 9.3.2014
12:04 9.3.2014
12:06 9.3.2014
Numbers growing at pro-Russian Donetsk rally.
12:09 9.3.2014
Ukraine's prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, says he will go to Washington this week to discuss the standoff with Russia over Crimea. (agencies and local media)

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