Accessibility links

Breaking News
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
16:33 20.3.2014
Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said as EU leaders gathered in Brussels that "We have to work in stages. The EU Commission can, of course, prepare for eventual sanctions, but I want an economic, political, and military analysis [first]. And we have to favor a direct dialogue between Ukraine and Russia."
16:36 20.3.2014
16:38 20.3.2014
Here's the U.S. Treasury's growing list of "Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List" with the most recent additions, announced today by President Obama. I count 41 new entries.
16:38 20.3.2014
16:43 20.3.2014
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny would also like to see Rosneft's Igor Sechin and Gazprom's Aleksei Miller on the U.S. sanctions list.

16:47 20.3.2014
It wouldn't be Thursday without a glance at the new "Economist" cover:
16:48 20.3.2014
Lots of reaction the new U.S. sanctions list.
16:49 20.3.2014
16:50 20.3.2014
16:50 20.3.2014

Load more

XS
SM
MD
LG