Number of IDPs from Crimea and Donbas exceeds 310,000 people UNHCR http://t.co/de14i3wU6I #ukraine
— Ian Bateson (@ianbateson) September 15, 2014
Statement on the reported holding of local "elections" in #Crimea http://t.co/MIIx7YfaUe #Ukraine
— Maja Kocijančič (@AshtonSpox_Maja) September 15, 2014
#Austria to give ten drones to OSCE mission to monitor situation in east #Ukraine http://t.co/N5qbxCOE8H
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) September 15, 2014
Here's another update from RFE/RL's news desk:
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says alliance members must come together to battle security threats both from Russia and Islamic State (IS) militants.
In a farewell speech as NATO chief at the Carnegie Europe think tank in Brussels on September 15, Rasmussen said the alliance must "stand strong as a force for freedom" and be prepared to use military force.
He said that Russia had "trampled all the rules and commitments" that kept Europe peaceful since the end of the Cold War and had conducted illegal military actions against Ukraine.
Rasmussen, whose five-year term as NATO chief ends on September 30, said history teaches that "appeasement does not lead to peace" but rather "incites" tyrants.
He said NATO members must realize the new security challenges posed by Russia and IS could last for years.
(Reuters, AP)
So it begins? MP asked to ban Euronews in Russia for showing news report that featured Ukrainian military shooting at portrait of Putin.
— Yulia Bragina (@YuliaSkyNews) September 15, 2014
Crimea six months after the annexation: Export down, industrial production down, oil and gas extraction up. http://t.co/t5fkBlwI4c
— Simon Kruse (@crusoes) September 15, 2014