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Ukrainian acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) welcomes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden before their meeting in Kyiv today.
Ukrainian acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) welcomes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden before their meeting in Kyiv today.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

12:22 6.4.2014
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Russian Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov spoke on April 5 on Russian television about suggestions that natural gas could be shipped to Ukraine from the United States:
"Where are these free [gas] capacities in the U.S. that they could readily ship? Also, it takes a huge tanker fleet to ship that amount of gas to the European market. Not only does such a fleet not exist, but there simply is no capacity to build it in any foreseeable future. Finally, what will be the price?

"This is the question [Ukrainians] are beginning to ask the Americans. They are trying to dodge it, saying something like, 'Yes, the price will certainly not be low, but this is your alternative [fuel] supply.' It is likely that such statements are aimed at propping up a European negotiating position against us, but it will hardly change our stance."
12:02 6.4.2014
11:50 6.4.2014
"People like clean-cut, easy-to-follow narratives. This isn't one."

11:48 6.4.2014

Members of Ukraine's IT community come together to record an appeal against war with Russia and to condemn the "military aggression" of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Crimea:
'We are a vast country and believe me, no one here wants a war. All we want is to build truly democratic country that will no longer remind of the Soviet Union."

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18:32 5.4.2014
And barring any major developments, that concludes our live blogging for April 5
18:05 5.4.2014
From RFE/RL's News Desk:

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says it has detained 15 people on suspicion of plotting to overthrow authorities in the mostly Russian-speaking eastern region of Luhansk, news agencies report. The SBU said 300 machine guns, an antitank grenade launcher, a large number of grenades, plus handguns and petrol bombs had been seized in the security operation. An SBU statement said “the group of attackers planned to carry out an armed seizure of power on April 10 in the Luhansk region through the intimidation of the peaceful population and the use of weapons and explosives.” No names or additional details about the alleged plot were provided. The announcement came after Russia’s Federal Security Service said earlier this week that it had detained 25 Ukrainians on suspicion of planning attacks in Russia.

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