11:57
22.3.2014
Video of US F-16's arriving in Poland to beef up defenses there https://t.co/BWUf1b23Vr
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) March 22, 2014
11:57
22.3.2014
Lenin Square in Donetsk today the site of a regular weekend pro-Russia rally. pic.twitter.com/VxdIftNjjt
— James Novogrod (@JamieNBCNews) March 22, 2014
12:00
22.3.2014
Vitali Klitschko says in addition to sanctions, U.S. and EU should isolate Russia economically.
12:08
22.3.2014
Member of Kremlin Human Rights Council says Yulia Tymoshenko could be prosecuted in Russia for "calling for the violation of Russia's territorial integrity.
Via Interfax:
Via Interfax:
MOSCOW. March 22 (Interfax) - Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the Ukrainian party Batkivshchyna and a former prime minister, might soon face up to five years in prison in accordance with the Russian Criminal Code for calling in the media for "returning Crimea to its proper place," says Alexander Brod, a member of the Russian Presidential Human Rights
Council and director of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau.
Yulia Tymoshenko said in a program on Ukrainian television that 'returning Crimea to its proper place' was the primary precondition for [Ukraine's] negotiations with Moscow. And this is a call for violating Russia's territorial integrity, and it's been made using the media," Brod said in a Saturday interview with Interfax.
Council and director of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau.
Yulia Tymoshenko said in a program on Ukrainian television that 'returning Crimea to its proper place' was the primary precondition for [Ukraine's] negotiations with Moscow. And this is a call for violating Russia's territorial integrity, and it's been made using the media," Brod said in a Saturday interview with Interfax.
12:10
22.3.2014
Fundraising flyer going around Donetsk rally, seeking money for Berkut (riot police) injured last month Kiev. pic.twitter.com/vPEjv4aO3c
— James Novogrod (@JamieNBCNews) March 22, 2014
12:14
22.3.2014
Crowds have broken into base at Novofederoskoe where Ukrainian military are still holding out #Crimea
— Eleanor Montague (@EleanorMontague) March 22, 2014
12:14
22.3.2014
Donetsk rally. Man wrapped in Russian flag stops cheering, takes cell phone call. pic.twitter.com/hKh4Rck2uk
— James Novogrod (@JamieNBCNews) March 22, 2014
12:17
22.3.2014
More from RFE/RL's News Desk on German Foreign Minister Walter Steinmeier's visit to Kyiv:
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denounced Russia's "attempt to splinter Europe" by backing an independence referendum in the Ukrainian southern region of Crimea earlier this month, news agencies report. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law formalizing Crimea's annexation on Friday, despite U.S. and European sanctions. Speaking in Kyiv on Saturday after meeting Ukraine's Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov, Steinmeier said he hoped the first OSCE monitors would arrive in Ukraine to support de-escalation efforts in the next couple of days. Yatseniuk called for European support, citing energy security and possible cooperation with Germany "to help with the modernization and strengthening of Ukraine's armed forces." Turchynov is also expected to hold talks with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denounced Russia's "attempt to splinter Europe" by backing an independence referendum in the Ukrainian southern region of Crimea earlier this month, news agencies report. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law formalizing Crimea's annexation on Friday, despite U.S. and European sanctions. Speaking in Kyiv on Saturday after meeting Ukraine's Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov, Steinmeier said he hoped the first OSCE monitors would arrive in Ukraine to support de-escalation efforts in the next couple of days. Yatseniuk called for European support, citing energy security and possible cooperation with Germany "to help with the modernization and strengthening of Ukraine's armed forces." Turchynov is also expected to hold talks with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday.
12:34
22.3.2014
Russia threatening tit-for-tat on sanctions. This, via Reuters:
Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday that Moscow has the right of a tit-for-tat response to the second wave of sanctions imposed by the European Union over Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea.
The EU imposed an new set of sanctions on Friday adding 12 Russians and Ukrainians to a list of people targeted by EU asset freezes and travel bans. There are now 33 on the list.
"It's a pity that the European Council made a decision that is divorced from reality," the ministry's spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement on the ministry's website.
"We believe it is time to return to the platform of pragmatic cooperation that reflects the interests of our countries. However, of course, the Russian side reserves itself the right to give a comparable answer to the actions taken."
Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday that Moscow has the right of a tit-for-tat response to the second wave of sanctions imposed by the European Union over Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea.
The EU imposed an new set of sanctions on Friday adding 12 Russians and Ukrainians to a list of people targeted by EU asset freezes and travel bans. There are now 33 on the list.
"It's a pity that the European Council made a decision that is divorced from reality," the ministry's spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement on the ministry's website.
"We believe it is time to return to the platform of pragmatic cooperation that reflects the interests of our countries. However, of course, the Russian side reserves itself the right to give a comparable answer to the actions taken."
12:37
22.3.2014
. @RFERL Russian Service rpts protesters in Donetsk are chanting for Yanukovych for the first time in weeks.
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 22, 2014