11:02
7.4.2014
Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, is being accused of financing pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk.
10:53
7.4.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service is livestreaming pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian rallies in Kharkiv's city center.
10:48
7.4.2014
The naval officer killed in Crimea was reportedly shot in the chest and eye.
10:39
7.4.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports that the Ukrainian naval officer slain in Crimea was killed in his dormitory room. He was scheduled to return to mainland Ukraine on Wednesday. He leaves behind two children.
10:21
7.4.2014
Here's a little more detail from our news desk regarding Yatsenyuk's comments about the seizure of government buildings in eastern regions:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has accused Russia of being behind several seizures by protesters of regional government buildings in eastern Ukraine.
Yatsenyuk said at a government meeting in Kyiv today that "an anti-Ukrainian plan is being put into operation under which foreign troops will cross the border" and seize Ukrainian territory.
Yatsenyuk made his comments after pro-Russia activists who had broken into the state security headquarters in the city of Luhansk yesterday seized weapons today from the building's arsenal and set up barriers on a main street.
Police have shut down all entrances into Luhansk.
In Kharkiv, officials said the regional administrative building has been cleared of pro-Russia protesters who stormed the building yesterday.
Pro-Russia activists on also occupied a regional building in Donetsk yesterday.
Yatsenyuk said at a government meeting in Kyiv today that "an anti-Ukrainian plan is being put into operation under which foreign troops will cross the border" and seize Ukrainian territory.
Yatsenyuk made his comments after pro-Russia activists who had broken into the state security headquarters in the city of Luhansk yesterday seized weapons today from the building's arsenal and set up barriers on a main street.
Police have shut down all entrances into Luhansk.
In Kharkiv, officials said the regional administrative building has been cleared of pro-Russia protesters who stormed the building yesterday.
Pro-Russia activists on also occupied a regional building in Donetsk yesterday.
09:54
7.4.2014
BREAKING: Ukraine's Defense Ministry says a Russian soldier has killed a Ukrainian naval officer in Crimea.
09:48
7.4.2014
09:44
7.4.2014
Video from RT of pro-Russia protesters storming the security HQ in Luhansk today.
09:40
7.4.2014
BREAKING: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has accused Russia of being behind a series of seizures by protesters of regional government buildings and said Moscow was trying to "dismember" his country. He told a government meeting, "we will not allow this."
09:04
7.4.2014
More from our news desk on the storming of the SBU HQ in Luhansk.
Ukrainian officials say pro-Russian activists who broke into the state security (SBU) headquarters in the eastern city of Luhansk, seizing weapons, while in Kharkiv the situation has calmed down.
Local police in Luhansk said in a statement Monday activists who had been in the SBU building since yesterday have broken into the building's arsenal.
Police added that they have shut down all entrances into Luhansk after unknown people erected barriers on a main street. Meanwhile, in the nearby eastern city of Kharkiv, officials said the regional administrative building has been cleared of pro-Russia protesters who stormed the building Sunday.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Facebook that "separatist" protesters are no longer in the building. Pro-Russia activists on Sunday broke through police lines and occupied the regional buildings in Kharkiv and Donetsk as well as the SBU building in Luhansk.
Local police in Luhansk said in a statement Monday activists who had been in the SBU building since yesterday have broken into the building's arsenal.
Police added that they have shut down all entrances into Luhansk after unknown people erected barriers on a main street. Meanwhile, in the nearby eastern city of Kharkiv, officials said the regional administrative building has been cleared of pro-Russia protesters who stormed the building Sunday.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Facebook that "separatist" protesters are no longer in the building. Pro-Russia activists on Sunday broke through police lines and occupied the regional buildings in Kharkiv and Donetsk as well as the SBU building in Luhansk.