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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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Remember a few weeks ago when Arseniy Yatsenyuk alleged the Yanukovych regime had stolen $70 billion from state coffers? A new article by Christopher Miller in the "Kyiv Post" shows how just a portion of that was done, and how it was used.

The article cites prosecutors as alleging that Serhiy Kurchenko, Ukraine's youngest billionaire, ran a criminal ring that siphoned off nearly $100 million from state companies and used the money to pay thousands of Berkut riot police and titushki, or hired thugs, to crack down on Euromaidan protesters.

The heads of several government ministries are alleged to have been members of the Kurchenko ring.

Kurchenko, the owner of the VETEK energy conglomerate and Kharkiv's Metalist football club, as well as the publisher of "Forbes" magazine in Ukraine, is on an international wanted list for embezzlement. He has fled Ukraine and is believed to be living in Russia.

Read the entire article HERE:
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Nix future tense in previous update. Russian agencies say Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Deshchytsya have already met on the sidelines of the nuclear summit in The Hague. Details to follow.
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More vox pops from around our region. This time from the northern Kazakh city of Petropavl, also known by its Russian name of Petropavlovsk. Our Kazakh Service asked local residents if they thought Russia might attempt to absorb Kazakhstan's northern territories following the annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea.
Vox Pop: Northern Kazakhstan Residents On Possibility Of Joining Russia
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Russian agencies Inerfax and ITAR-TASS are reporting that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov gave a press conference after his surprise meeting today with Ukrainian acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya and said President Vladimir Putin had instructed him to meet with Deshchytsya. Lavrov said he and Deshchytsya discussed "contemporary events and tasks, which, in our opinion, need to be considered in order to overcome the internal Ukrainian crisis."

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