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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
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A screengrab of Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina (holding a Russian flag) speaking today's peace rally in Moscow:
A screen grab of Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina speaking at Peace march in Moscow on March 15
A screen grab of Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina speaking at Peace march in Moscow on March 15
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Obviously photoshopped, but clever...

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This was more or less inevitable...

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Via "The Kyiv Post":

"The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election observations take place when they are requested by the state concerned, OSCE spokesperson Cathie Burton said on Saturday."

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