13:18
1.6.2014
Spiegel argues that Putin has won the propaganda war over Ukraine...
13:15
1.6.2014
13:13
1.6.2014
Channel 5 TV, reporting from today's Maidan gathering in Kyiv, says the crowd booed Mayor-elect Vitali Klitschko, who promised not to disperse the Maidan upon taking office.
The crowd, which Channel 5's correspondent estimated to number a few thousand people, listened to activists call for the Maidan's activities to continue and to suggestions that weekly gatherings be held on Independence Square.
The crowd, which Channel 5's correspondent estimated to number a few thousand people, listened to activists call for the Maidan's activities to continue and to suggestions that weekly gatherings be held on Independence Square.
12:59
1.6.2014
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12:52
1.6.2014
And from Kyiv:
12:51
1.6.2014
From Donetsk today:
12:42
1.6.2014
Accounts emerging today about the situation in Slovyansk.
Interfax is reporting that vehicles carrying locals trying to flee the city are being sent back at roadblocks manned by Ukrainian troops,
The Russian news agency quotes an "interlocutor" at the headquarters of the self-defense force in Slovyansk as saying that "only separate individuals succeed in breaking through."
Ukraine's Channel 5 TV, meanwhile, is reporting today that panicked separatists are looking for ways to escape the surrounded city.
Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyy, the press officer of the antiterrorist operation, told Channel 5 that in one case the Defense Ministry received a request to open a corridor to allow children from an orphanage to be evacuated. However, he said, it was known that the orphanage had already been seized and there were no children there.
Dmytrashkivskyy went on to say that disappointed Slovyansk residents were leaving the city and that some were reporting that separatists forces were taking money (about $3) from individuals in exchange for letting them leave.
Interfax is reporting that vehicles carrying locals trying to flee the city are being sent back at roadblocks manned by Ukrainian troops,
The Russian news agency quotes an "interlocutor" at the headquarters of the self-defense force in Slovyansk as saying that "only separate individuals succeed in breaking through."
Ukraine's Channel 5 TV, meanwhile, is reporting today that panicked separatists are looking for ways to escape the surrounded city.
Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyy, the press officer of the antiterrorist operation, told Channel 5 that in one case the Defense Ministry received a request to open a corridor to allow children from an orphanage to be evacuated. However, he said, it was known that the orphanage had already been seized and there were no children there.
Dmytrashkivskyy went on to say that disappointed Slovyansk residents were leaving the city and that some were reporting that separatists forces were taking money (about $3) from individuals in exchange for letting them leave.
11:49
1.6.2014
Our Ukraine Service is reporting that the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service has announced on its website that a Russian citizen, said to be a militia commander, was detained near the Luhansk Oblast town of Milovoye.
The town of 6,000 direcly borders the Russian town of Chertkovo, which has a population of about 10,000.
The town of 6,000 direcly borders the Russian town of Chertkovo, which has a population of about 10,000.
11:37
1.6.2014
Residents of Crimea were buying up everything on the shelves before today's switch to the ruble.