Latest from Interfax:
Yatsenyuk demands sanctions against Russia not be delayed
KYIV. Sept 25 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy
Yatsenyuk insists that the sanctions imposed by the National Security
and Defense Council (NSDC) on individuals and entities be enforced
immediately.
Ratings news
S&P rating agency lowers Ukraine's ratings to "SD" KIEV, September 25. /TASS/. Standard & Poor's international rating agency lowered its long- and short-term foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Ukraine to "SD" (selective default) from "CC", the agency reported on Friday. --0--tre
More info on the Ukraine airline ban:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on September 25 that his government has banned flights of Russian airlines, primarily Aeroflot and Transaero, to Ukraine starting October 1.
Speaking at a cabinet session on September 25, Yatsenyuk said that in accordance with decisions made by the National Security and Defense Council, Russian transit flights to Ukraine will still be allowed unless they contain military equipment or military personnel.
Earlier this month, Kyiv blacklisted 25 Russian aviation companies as threats to its national security.
Yatsenyuk also said the use of Russian software -- particularly Kaspersky Lab antivirus software -- by official and state bodies in Ukraine has also been banned.
Kyiv-Moscow relations are extremely poor due to Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March last year and support for pro-Russian separatists in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine's eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Some reax to the airline ban:
Barring any major developments, that ends the live blogging for today.