16:18
18.4.2014
16:30
18.4.2014
16:33
18.4.2014
Our interview with analyst Ivan Lozowy earlier this week touched upon this: who's backing the separatists inside Ukraine, and might it have more to do with internal politics?
16:34
18.4.2014
Another round of sanctions coming soon?
17:00
18.4.2014
17:22
18.4.2014
Yatsenyuk and Turchynov have been making a joint address to the nation. RFE/RL's news desk has more:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and acting President Oleksandr Turchynov have spoken about constitutional reform in a joint television address.
Yatsenyuk said in today's address that part of the comprehensive constitutional reform his government is planning includes the decentralization of power, which would strengthen the authority of the country's regions and local councils.
Yatsenyuk also said Kyiv would "accord special status to the Russian language and guarantee to protect it."
Yatsenyuk called for national unity and appealed for people to refrain from violence.
Yatsenyuk also called on the country's parliament to approve a bill granting amnesty to participants in protests in the eastern part of the country who were taken into custody.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and acting President Oleksandr Turchynov have spoken about constitutional reform in a joint television address.
Yatsenyuk said in today's address that part of the comprehensive constitutional reform his government is planning includes the decentralization of power, which would strengthen the authority of the country's regions and local councils.
Yatsenyuk also said Kyiv would "accord special status to the Russian language and guarantee to protect it."
Yatsenyuk called for national unity and appealed for people to refrain from violence.
Yatsenyuk also called on the country's parliament to approve a bill granting amnesty to participants in protests in the eastern part of the country who were taken into custody.
17:59
18.4.2014
A bill from Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, saying that a bill on the amnesty for pro-Russian activists has been put before parliament:
Уряд вніс до ВР законопроект про амністію для всіх, хто здадуть зброю, вийдуть з приміщень і розбудовуватимуть країну http://t.co/Dx8Jg5sV6q
— Arseniy Yatsenyuk (@Yatsenyuk_AP) April 18, 2014
18:05
18.4.2014
Hr 86.9 million allocated from budget reserve fund for #army http://t.co/gin3x3DbK9 pic.twitter.com/ZZPPJzETfE
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) April 18, 2014
18:35
18.4.2014
Our news desk has issued this small item on the latest statement from Russia's Foreign Ministry:
Russia's Foreign Ministry has released a statement saying it was "disappointed" with the United States' assessment of the April 17 Geneva talks between representatives of Russia, Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union.
The April 18 Foreign Ministry statement accused Washington of trying to "whitewash" what the ministry claimed was the use of force by Kyiv's authorities against pro-Russian protesters in eastern Ukraine.
The statement said, "It's clear when we talk about disarmament, we mean first of all confiscating weapons from the militants of the Right Sector and other pro-fascist groups."
The statement also said blame for the current situation in eastern Ukraine is "groundlessly" put on Russia.
It accused the United States of sounding "notes of ultimatum" in several recent statements that threatened further sanctions against Russia.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has released a statement saying it was "disappointed" with the United States' assessment of the April 17 Geneva talks between representatives of Russia, Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union.
The April 18 Foreign Ministry statement accused Washington of trying to "whitewash" what the ministry claimed was the use of force by Kyiv's authorities against pro-Russian protesters in eastern Ukraine.
The statement said, "It's clear when we talk about disarmament, we mean first of all confiscating weapons from the militants of the Right Sector and other pro-fascist groups."
The statement also said blame for the current situation in eastern Ukraine is "groundlessly" put on Russia.
It accused the United States of sounding "notes of ultimatum" in several recent statements that threatened further sanctions against Russia.
20:41
18.4.2014
Donetsk rabbi calls the order to register Jews with new "people's republic" a hoax http://t.co/vgsc3XZgCS
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) April 18, 2014
You can read more on this story here