16:06
19.5.2014
The @lifenews_ru channel has covered Ukraine in a terrible way at times, but detaining journalists is not the answer http://t.co/SIeG2jTQz5
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) May 19, 2014
15:33
19.5.2014
Our news desk has issued this on developments in Odesa:
A Ukrainian official says 32 pro-Russian rebels, who died in the Black Sea port, Odesa, on May 2, might have been poisoned with chloroform before dying in a fire.
The chief of Ukraine's General Investigative Directorate, Vitaliy Sakal, told reporters on today that chloroform had been found by investigators in the Trade Unions building in Odesa. Inhaling the substance causes breathing failure.
Sakal added that Ukrainian investigators had contacted the Israeli Embassy, asking for professional experts to investigate any traces of the chemical in the building.
Thirty-two people were found dead in the building, many of them with burns, on May 2 after the building was engulfed in flames during clashes between pro-Russian rebels and pro-Ukrainian soccer fans.
In total, 48 people were killed and some 250 were injured during the May 2 clashes in Odesa.
The chief of Ukraine's General Investigative Directorate, Vitaliy Sakal, told reporters on today that chloroform had been found by investigators in the Trade Unions building in Odesa. Inhaling the substance causes breathing failure.
Sakal added that Ukrainian investigators had contacted the Israeli Embassy, asking for professional experts to investigate any traces of the chemical in the building.
Thirty-two people were found dead in the building, many of them with burns, on May 2 after the building was engulfed in flames during clashes between pro-Russian rebels and pro-Ukrainian soccer fans.
In total, 48 people were killed and some 250 were injured during the May 2 clashes in Odesa.
15:05
19.5.2014
How Corruption Guts Militaries: The Ukraine Case Study http://t.co/F8AzveOIXm
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) May 19, 2014
14:33
19.5.2014
More from Rasmussen:
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the lack of stability in the east of Ukraine is a "matter of concern" for the upcoming presidential election. That is exactly why he said NATO urges separatist groups in the east to stop their "illegal activities" and allow the vote to go forward in an orderly manner. He said Russia could play a "much more constructive role" in the process. "I think Russia should demonstrate a clear will to let the presidential elections go forward" so that they can produce a result that is considered to be a true reflection of the will of the Ukrainian people.
14:22
19.5.2014
More from Rasmussen, via our news desk:
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a news conference in Brussels on May 19 that Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine has posed a challenge to a fundamental idea -- "the right of sovereign states to choose their own path."
Rasmussen said there Europe is facin a completely new security situation -- "less predictable and more dangerous."
He said the alliance has "unfortunately" not seen "any evidence at all" that the Russians have started a withdrawal of troops from the Ukrainian border.
Rasmussen called for increased defense spending, saying "our security is the foundation of our prosperity."
Rasmussen spoke as Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 19 he had ordered troops stationed near Ukraine's border to return to their home bases, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called for a "serious rethinking" of Moscow's relations with the West.
Rasmussen said there Europe is facin a completely new security situation -- "less predictable and more dangerous."
He said the alliance has "unfortunately" not seen "any evidence at all" that the Russians have started a withdrawal of troops from the Ukrainian border.
Rasmussen called for increased defense spending, saying "our security is the foundation of our prosperity."
Rasmussen spoke as Russian President Vladimir Putin said on May 19 he had ordered troops stationed near Ukraine's border to return to their home bases, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called for a "serious rethinking" of Moscow's relations with the West.
14:07
19.5.2014
LATEST from our news desk:
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says while the alliance has gone "a long way toward our goal of a Europe whole, free, and at peace," NATO cannot take what it has achieved for granted. He said Russia's "aggression" has posed a challenge to its fundamental idea -- "the right of sovereign states to choose their own path." He said there is a completely new security situation in Europe -- "less predictable and more dangerous."
13:10
19.5.2014
13:08
19.5.2014
In our latest "Ukraine Unspun," Carl Schreck looks into what appears to be Russian TV's use of rehashed video footage to back up claims that a civilian was killed by Kyiv's forces to intimidate pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donetsk region.
12:35
19.5.2014
Crimean Tatars held a rally in Simferopol on March 18 to mark the 70th anniversary of their mass deportation from the Crimean peninsula ordered by Soviet leader Josef Stalin. The demonstration took place in spite of a ban on public gatherings imposed by Crimea's pro-Russian authorities, but was moved from the planned site, Lenin Square, to the Tatar neighborhood of Ak-Mechet. More than 200,000 Crimean Tatars were deported to Central Asia in 1944 and many thousands died as a result. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
12:19
19.5.2014
"Ukrayinska pravda" talks to an FBI agent about the case of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, who served eight years in a U.S. prison, about that case, but also about current Ukrainian politicians, including presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko (in Ukrainian).