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25.5.2014
Kyiv reacts to Medvedev's Crimea visit. This, from AFP:
KIEV, May 25, 2014 (AFP) - Ukraine on Sunday called Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's surprise visit to annexed Crimea a "deliberate provocation" aimed at destabilising the country on election day.
"A visit by the Russian prime minister to occupied Ukraine on the day of the presidential election in Ukraine is particular impudence and a deliberate provocation aimed at destabilising the situation in Ukraine," the foreign ministry said in a statement issued moments after Medvedev's arrival in Ukraine's annexed Black Sea peninsula.
"A visit by the Russian prime minister to occupied Ukraine on the day of the presidential election in Ukraine is particular impudence and a deliberate provocation aimed at destabilising the situation in Ukraine," the foreign ministry said in a statement issued moments after Medvedev's arrival in Ukraine's annexed Black Sea peninsula.
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15:47
25.5.2014
Good pic of storm over Kyiv:
15:46
25.5.2014
From "the Kyiv Post's" live blog - Ukrainian soldiers accidenally scare off election workers in Luhansk:
Ukrainian soldiers who came to polls in Luhansk regions scared election officials and made them flee
4: 15 p.m. -- Oleksandr Chernenko, head of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine, an election watchdog, said that Ukrainians soldiers who came to vote at a polling station in Novovodyane village of Luhansk, scared election officials who ran for their lives, thinking the armed men were separatists.
Chernenko says that the soldiers, who are serving in that village, came dressed in full military outfits, and carried weapons.
“This really scared members of polling station, and the soldiers were left alone at the polling station. It took some time to persuade members of the commission that there is no danger. The military guys were in the voting lists, and had a right to receive ballots,” Chernenko wrote on his Facebook page.
4: 15 p.m. -- Oleksandr Chernenko, head of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine, an election watchdog, said that Ukrainians soldiers who came to vote at a polling station in Novovodyane village of Luhansk, scared election officials who ran for their lives, thinking the armed men were separatists.
Chernenko says that the soldiers, who are serving in that village, came dressed in full military outfits, and carried weapons.
“This really scared members of polling station, and the soldiers were left alone at the polling station. It took some time to persuade members of the commission that there is no danger. The military guys were in the voting lists, and had a right to receive ballots,” Chernenko wrote on his Facebook page.
15:44
25.5.2014
Ukrainian acting President Oleksandr Turchynov speaking to journalists after casting his ballot in Kyiv.
"After the presidential election -- pan-national election -- the structure of government in Ukraine will be complete; all the governmental institutions will be in place. It's very important, it is a core of stabilization of the situation in Ukraine. After that we will move towards our democratic, European, and peaceful future."
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