11:51
21.5.2014
A video has surfaced on YouTube that purportedly shows the arrest of the LifeNews journalists while they were in possession of antiaircraft missiles.
The detention on May 18 of Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saichenko prompted a furious reaction from officials in Moscow, who demanded their immediate release.
But U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that Ukrainian security services reported the two had "manned portable antiaircraft missiles in the trunks of their cars" when they were detained.
Speaking from China, Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the allegations as "nonsense and delirium."
The detention on May 18 of Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saichenko prompted a furious reaction from officials in Moscow, who demanded their immediate release.
But U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that Ukrainian security services reported the two had "manned portable antiaircraft missiles in the trunks of their cars" when they were detained.
Speaking from China, Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the allegations as "nonsense and delirium."
12:02
21.5.2014
Here's @OliverBullough on the wrong narrative: http://t.co/6tY8CJSuvE 'And people got killed. And the propaganda is turning into the truth.'
— Olaf Koens (@obk) May 21, 2014
12:15
21.5.2014
How A British Blogger Became An Unlikely Star Of The Ukraine Conflict — And Russia Today http://t.co/Vxhkj5FJw4 via @maxseddon
— Olaf Koens (@obk) May 21, 2014
13:39
21.5.2014
13:56
21.5.2014
Marat Saichenko, a camera operator for the Russian television channel LifeNews, was detained by Ukrainian troops near Kramotorsk. Security forces claimed Saichenko and his colleague, Oleg Sidyakin, were carrying antiaircraft missiles. In a video statement issued by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Saichenko says he broke Ukrainian law by concealing the real purpose of his visit to the country
14:27
21.5.2014
Are journalists working for Russian media suddenly all armed?
14:37
21.5.2014
Presidential front-runner Poroshenko makes a conciliatory move:
15:18
21.5.2014
From our news desk:
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he ordered a troop withdrawal along the Ukrainian border to help create "favorable conditions" for the upcoming Ukrainian presidential election.
Kyiv says Russian troops have moved at least 10 kilometers away from Ukraine’s border, ahead of the May 25 election.
But Kyiv refused to confirm Moscow's claims of a full withdrawal.
U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh said the U.S. sees some Russian troop movements but no large-scale withdrawal.
Putin, speaking in Shanghai at a security summit, said those who haven't seen signs of a pullout "should look better."
NATO estimates Russia has some 40,000 troops near Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials held on May 21 "national dialogue" talks in Mykolayiv aimed at ending a pro-Russian separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine.
The first two rounds of talks made no progress. (Reuters, AP, ITAR-TASS)
Kyiv says Russian troops have moved at least 10 kilometers away from Ukraine’s border, ahead of the May 25 election.
But Kyiv refused to confirm Moscow's claims of a full withdrawal.
U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh said the U.S. sees some Russian troop movements but no large-scale withdrawal.
Putin, speaking in Shanghai at a security summit, said those who haven't seen signs of a pullout "should look better."
NATO estimates Russia has some 40,000 troops near Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials held on May 21 "national dialogue" talks in Mykolayiv aimed at ending a pro-Russian separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine.
The first two rounds of talks made no progress. (Reuters, AP, ITAR-TASS)
16:40
21.5.2014
The OSCE's monitoringmission in Ukraine presents its latest comprehensive report of events in eastern Ukraine up until yesterday evening:
16:44
21.5.2014
According to Ukrainian military analyst Dmitry Tymchuk, arms captured by Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine from separatists come from a Ukrainian marine base in Crimea.