U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki speaking at a March 24 press briefing in Washington on the debate around providing arms to Ukraine:

"Our focus from the outset of the crisis has been on supporting Ukraine and on pursuing a diplomatic solution that respects Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We are constantly assessing our policies on Ukraine to ensure they are responsive, appropriate, and calibrated to achieve our objectives. While we will not go into the details of internal policy deliberations, we continue to assess how best to do that. But nothing has changed as it relates to our decision-making in this area."

A media outlet that backs Ukrainian separatism quotes RIA Novosti as saying Donetsk rebel leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko suggested that the governor of the central Ukrainian Dnipropetrovsk region who's feuding with Kyiv, billionaire mogul Igor Kolomoyskiy, should simply create his own republic.

That concludes our live blogging for Tuesday, March 24. Follow our continuing coverage of events in Ukraine and throughout RFE/RL's broadcast region HERE.

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