Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

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— Jeroen Akkermans (@JeroenAkkermans) October 14, 2014

Here are some images from today's demonstration outside parliament:

Demonstrators have clashed with police outside the Ukrainian parliament during a raucous protest that prompted the legislature to go into recess. Some of the protesters tried to push past police and enter parliament during the demonstration on October 14. The approximately 500 protesters were demanding the Verkhovna Rada include on its agenda a draft law recognizing controversial World War II-era guerrilla resistance groups -- the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) -- as national heroes.

Our Ukrainian Service says the protests have closed parliament:

Demonstrators clashed with police outside the Ukrainian parliament during a raucous protest that prompted the legislature to go into recess.

Some of the protesters tried to push past police and enter parliament during the demonstration on October 14.

The protesters were demanding the Verkhovna Rada include on its agenda a draft law recognizing controversial World War II-era guerrilla resistance groups -- the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) -- as national heroes.

Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported some of the protesters were armed with sticks or clubs and fireworks were thrown at the parliament building and at police who were present in large numbers.

Some of the protesters were reportedly from the nationalist Svoboda party but party leader Oleh Tyahnybok denied Svoboda was involved.

Another nationalist group, Right Sector, posted a message on Twitter denying its members were involved. (with UNIAN and AP)

Moscow says sanctions not bringing peace to Ukraine, our news desk reports:

Russia's foreign minister has told European businesspeople that Western sanctions imposed on Moscow are not helping to resolve the Ukraine crisis.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a meeting of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) that the sanctions "do not contribute to de-escalation of the situation in Ukraine."

Lavrov told the October 14 meeting in Moscow that the sanctions are "harmful" and "unlawful" and would end up costing Europe some 40 billion euros this year and some 50 billion euros next year.

He did not explain the basis for these figures.

Lavrov said Russia laments the disruption in ties with the European Union that have accompanied the sanctions.

He assure the delegates Russia was interested in building energy cooperation with the EU, saying it would be beneficial to both sides. (TASS and Interfax)