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Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya speaks to the UN General Assembly on March 27.
Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya speaks to the UN General Assembly on March 27.

Live Blog: UN Backs Ukraine Integrity

Final Summary For March 27

-- The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution that affirms Ukraine's territorial integrity.

-- The IMF has announced "a staff-level agreement" with Kyiv on assistance of $14 billion-$18 billion in conjunction with a reform program that will "unlock" up to $27 billion over the next two years, pending final approval next month. Tthe U.S. Congress has also passed an aid bill for Ukraine.

-- Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko has announced plans to run for president.

-- Members of the Right Sector have been holding a demonstration outside the Ukrainian parliament building to vent their anger at the killing of prominent member Oleksander Muzychko earlier in the week.

-- Six Ukrainian military officers detained by pro-Russian troops in Crimea have been released, including Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, but five others are still being held captive.

-- Anonymous sources quoted by CNN say U.S. intelligence "concludes it is more likely than previously thought that Russian forces will enter eastern Ukraine."

-- U.S. President Barack Obama, in the keynote speech of his visit to Europe, chided Russia for its use of "brute force" in Ukraine and vowed that a determined alliance of the United States and Europe will prevail over time.


*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv
17:41 16.3.2014
17:40 16.3.2014
Doctored photo, obviously. :-))
17:35 16.3.2014
17:34 16.3.2014
17:25 16.3.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service quotes a statement from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic saying three priests have gone missing in Crimea. ​
17:07 16.3.2014
The "Kyiv Post" indirectly quotes Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as saying at an emergency cabinet meeting that Ukraine's eastern border with Russia has been almost completely shut down, with what the paper describes as "many Russians...refused entry to Ukraine if they are suspected by border guards of being sent to Ukraine to stir up demonstrations or cause violent unrest."
17:02 16.3.2014
This babushka is going viral.

"Fear is a slave mentality!!!"



Here is video footage, posted March 15, of her getting knocked down during a confrontation with Crimean self-defense forces.

16:45 16.3.2014
Interfax is quoting an unidentified source in the Russian Border Service as denying that the border with Ukraine has been closed.

"If there are problems, they are to be found on the Ukrainian side," the source said, reportedly in response to comments made by Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov on March 16.

Avakov said, according to Reuters, that Ukrainian border guards and members of the National Guard had virtually sealed off parts of the eastern border with Russia to prevent people "with doubtful intentions" from coming in.

"Every day we are detaining hundreds of these people," he said, calling them "professional touring provocateurs from a neighbouring country."

Avakov also announced a call-up to man the newly-created National Guard, saying: "About 10,000 will be called up in the next 15 days." The guard is intended to be comprised of 20,000 personnel eventually.
16:41 16.3.2014
Just to recap: Pro-Russian protesters have attacked the regional prosecutor's office and security-service headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The roughly 2,000 protesters on hand demand the release of the self-declared governor, Pavel Gubarev, who was detained earlier this month on charges of calling for the overthrow of Ukraine's constitutional authorities. Some protesters broke into the building, while others tore down the Ukrainian flag. Donetsk is a former stronghold of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.
16:25 16.3.2014
Hromadske TV tweets link to pro-Russia rally in Donetsk, where participants ask for their own referendum:

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