14:31
15.5.2014
Here's a live feed from RFE/RL's Ukrainian service showing American historian Timothy Snyder giving a lecture in Kyiv after warning earlier in Bratislava that Russia wants to divide the EU from inside:
14:40
15.5.2014
RFE/RL's news desk has some more details of John Kerry's press conference in London:
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Russia not to interfere in the upcoming presidential poll in Ukraine, warning that Moscow risks more targeted economic sanctions.
Speaking in London today after a meeting with foreign ministers from allied European countries, Kerry said the message for Russia was, "Let Ukraine vote."
Kerry said he and his European counterparts agreed on May 15 that Russia should face sectoral sanctions -- which would cover some of Russia's largest sectors including mining and gas -- if the Kremlin tries to disrupt Ukrainian presidential elections later this month.
Earlier, an unnamed senior U.S. official said the next phase of sanctions against Russia would use "a scalpel rather than a hammer" and would focus on new investment in Russia's most important economic sectors.
Speaking in London today after a meeting with foreign ministers from allied European countries, Kerry said the message for Russia was, "Let Ukraine vote."
Kerry said he and his European counterparts agreed on May 15 that Russia should face sectoral sanctions -- which would cover some of Russia's largest sectors including mining and gas -- if the Kremlin tries to disrupt Ukrainian presidential elections later this month.
Earlier, an unnamed senior U.S. official said the next phase of sanctions against Russia would use "a scalpel rather than a hammer" and would focus on new investment in Russia's most important economic sectors.
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15.5.2014
14:54
15.5.2014
Czech blog post on manipulated photo that purports to show US "mercenaries" in UKR; taken in New Orleans aft Katrina: http://t.co/4l5AROokUm
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) May 15, 2014
15:06
15.5.2014
Do you remember Olesya Zhukovskaya, the Maidan medic who made headlines in February when she dramatically tweeted "I'm Dying" after being hit by a sniper in Kyiv? Well, she survived that injury, and is now talking to "The Moscow Times:"
The scars are fading now. The exit wound, a narrow, pink line that curves down the left side of her neck, is often hidden by her tangle of dark hair. The entry wound is smaller than a bottle cap.
And the young woman who became a symbol of Ukraine's protests — who tweeted "I am dying" after a sniper's bullet tore into her on a cold February morning, and was suddenly the focus of international attention — sometimes wonders just what it all achieved.
"So little has been accomplished," said Olesya Zhukovska, a 21-year-old hospital orderly from small-town Ukraine. She moved to Kiev when the protests broke out in late 2013, and spent months working as a volunteer medic in the sprawling protest camp that sprang up in the heart of the capital. "The blood that was spilled here, I really do not want it to be wasted. Because people are starting to forget."
And the young woman who became a symbol of Ukraine's protests — who tweeted "I am dying" after a sniper's bullet tore into her on a cold February morning, and was suddenly the focus of international attention — sometimes wonders just what it all achieved.
"So little has been accomplished," said Olesya Zhukovska, a 21-year-old hospital orderly from small-town Ukraine. She moved to Kiev when the protests broke out in late 2013, and spent months working as a volunteer medic in the sprawling protest camp that sprang up in the heart of the capital. "The blood that was spilled here, I really do not want it to be wasted. Because people are starting to forget."
Read more here
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15.5.2014
15:39
15.5.2014
Snyder in Kyiv: to criticize Ukraine's far-right & to ignore powerful Russia's far-right is a colossal intellectual failure of the left
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) May 15, 2014
15:45
15.5.2014
I love this loose, low-transaction-cost coalition of digital newsrooms working together on breaking news from Ukraine http://t.co/lvSyMxlOAr
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) May 14, 2014
16:28
15.5.2014
Another example of rampant corruption in #Ukraine from World Bank data. Thank you #Yanukovich for 2013! pic.twitter.com/uH0BYmUeHe
— Michael Lee Smith (@Mikeinprague) May 7, 2014
17:56
15.5.2014
Some brilliant photos from east Ukraine over the last month from @marieautomne http://t.co/YNsCZ57r3t
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) May 15, 2014