08:29
26.5.2014
Kadyrov boasts of his personal involvement in the "Izvestia" interview but also notes the "huge role" of President Vladimir Putin.
08:36
26.5.2014
One of the two Russian LifeNews reporters handed over by Ukrainian authorities, Oleg Sidyakin, suggested that there were "mercenaries" and Westerners among those they observed working with Ukrainian forces at Kramatorsk. Westerners just act "strange," it seems. According to Interfax:
Sidyakin said they saw mercenaries at the Kramatorsk airport.
"There were lots of mercenaries at the airport. There were also people wearing uniforms, which were not typical of Ukraine, they did not talk to anyone but silently went to the headquarters. We are still wondering who they are," Sidyakin told reporters.
He noted they did not hear anyone speak English.
"But we saw people equipped as if they belonged to the Western forces. The behavior of those people was strange, same as their manners and the fact they did not speak to anyone," he said.
"There were lots of mercenaries at the airport. There were also people wearing uniforms, which were not typical of Ukraine, they did not talk to anyone but silently went to the headquarters. We are still wondering who they are," Sidyakin told reporters.
He noted they did not hear anyone speak English.
"But we saw people equipped as if they belonged to the Western forces. The behavior of those people was strange, same as their manners and the fact they did not speak to anyone," he said.
09:43
26.5.2014
A reported raid by separatist gunmen has suspended flights in and out of the main airport in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk.
A spokesman for the airport said it halted operations at 7:00 a.m. Kyiv time today after a group of armed men demanded that soldiers guarding the perimeter of the airport be withdrawn.
A Reuters reporter says Ukrainian police have blocked the road to the airport.
A spokesman for the airport said it halted operations at 7:00 a.m. Kyiv time today after a group of armed men demanded that soldiers guarding the perimeter of the airport be withdrawn.
A Reuters reporter says Ukrainian police have blocked the road to the airport.
10:04
26.5.2014
With just over half the votes counted, here's how the top of the presidential race looked:
Poroshenko: 53.86%
Tymoshenko: 13.1%
Lyashko: 8.48%
Hrytsenko: 5.48%
Tihipko: 5.18%
Poroshenko: 53.86%
Tymoshenko: 13.1%
Lyashko: 8.48%
Hrytsenko: 5.48%
Tihipko: 5.18%
11:07
26.5.2014
Poroshenko says he has no plan to change the country’s current government or its prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
11:21
26.5.2014
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Ukrainian presidential election campaign was “not without problems.” Lavrov reiterates that Russia will respect the will of the Ukrainian people. He also says he hopes Petro Poroshenko will do everything to prevent extremist views from prevailing in Ukraine.
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