Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya speaks to the UN General Assembly on March 27.

Live Blog: UN Backs Ukraine Integrity

March 27, 2014 06:03 CET

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

16:18 22.3.2014

Some more tweets from Belbek airbase:

Belbek: Russian troops are storming Ukraine's most defiant base in Crimea. Air Force ground personnel proved to be the bravest soldiers.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) March 22, 2014

#Belbek airbase in #Crimea under the command of brave Yuli Mamchur not surrending to Russians, but for how long?
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) March 22, 2014

Troops at Belbek appear to have been massed outside the main building of the base. This may be it http://t.co/BOIysUC4ll
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 22, 2014

RT @maxseddon: The gate at Belbek air force base has been smashed by an APC. Screengrab via @russiannavyblog pic.twitter.com/M0MyQTBU3X
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 22, 2014

16:19 22.3.2014

A couple more tweets from Belbek airbase:

Livestream cam at Belbek base ripped down by #Russia forces. #Crimea
— Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) March 22, 2014

Last shot from #Belbek livestream? Cameraman tries to show masked troops stationed below. #Russia #Ukraine #Crimea pic.twitter.com/zY6Fnlyb7Y
— Harriet Salem (@HarrietSalem) March 22, 2014

16:22 22.3.2014

Live feed at Belbek airbase goes dark:

This live event is over thanks for watching. Ominous. #Belbek #Crimea #Ukraine #Russia pic.twitter.com/Y0BTGQEYlB
— Harriet Salem (@HarrietSalem) March 22, 2014

16:22 22.3.2014

Russians take down #Belbek livestream camera. Fear the worst. pic.twitter.com/DjMPQysAlj
— Just Hovens Greve (@JustHovensGreve) March 22, 2014

16:27 22.3.2014

Meanwhile, Russia's Life News having no trouble broadcasting live from Belbek

16:28 22.3.2014

Situation at #Belbek minutes before Russians took down livestream. #Crimea pic.twitter.com/JAtp4GxH1u
— Just Hovens Greve (@JustHovensGreve) March 22, 2014

16:29 22.3.2014

RFE/RL feature on Crimean Tatars and how their 1944 experience of genocidal deportation shapes their worries about what is happening on the peninsula now.

16:32 22.3.2014

Live feed from Belbek air base is back up: http://t.co/6juRL1hBOS
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 22, 2014

16:33 22.3.2014

One Belbek livefeed camera seems to be working.

16:33 22.3.2014

Another live feed from Belbak airbase is working, for now:

Never mind. This appears to be old footage. Our mistake...

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