15:16
25.2.2014
The memorials and shrines to the Maidan dead aren't just on the streets, but online, seen in the countless mashups of footage on video-sharing sites.
17:23
25.2.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service produced this video of hundreds of people in the Ukrainian capital laying flowers, lighting candles, and leaving crosses at makeshift memorials on February 25 to pay their respects to those killed in clashes with government forces. One of the memorials was on Instytutska Street, where many antigovernment protesters were shot dead on February 20.
17:46
25.2.2014
"The Daily Mail" and other outlets have been running this almost incredible story of a young protester who fell in love with a Berkut police officer. They apparently met when she was acting as a human shield, standing between police officers and a group of demonstrators in the hope that heir presence there they would help stop the violence.
Lidia Pankiv subsequently went live on TV to talk about her love across the barricades, but gave the program's producers a lot more than they bargained for.
Lidia Pankiv subsequently went live on TV to talk about her love across the barricades, but gave the program's producers a lot more than they bargained for.
18:01
25.2.2014
Right Sector releases note found at #Yanukovych's mansion with nicknames for his entourage. #Arbuzov was fish pic.twitter.com/BIU2uywO4a
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) February 25, 2014
18:31
25.2.2014
The Kremlin-funded RT TV station has just tweeted this:
#Ukraine’s symbols of victory over Hitler being torn down, those glorifying Nazis multiplying http://t.co/OVHLMMEMeF pic.twitter.com/k15NNJDypA
— RT (@RT_com) February 25, 2014
19:12
25.2.2014
#Ukraine parliament votes to send Yanukovych to The Hague http://t.co/o2dkJkJLNQ PHOTOS: Pavlo Podufalov, @KyivPost pic.twitter.com/6KjKJZ9FDI
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 25, 2014
Read more on this initiative here.
19:56
25.2.2014
The main lift in Yanukovych's residence has a door adorned w/ Swarovski crystals via @kgorchinskaya pic.twitter.com/T4xGtrMNj8
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) February 25, 2014
21:27
25.2.2014
As regards the Russian bailout agreed with Yanukovych, this is just in from the wires:
A top Russian finance official says Moscow has no legal obligation to pay further tranches of a $15 billion bailout package for Ukraine that was agreed with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.
Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said on February 25 that Moscow believes there's a "slight" risk debt-burdened Ukraine will not repay the first installment.
Russia disbursed $3 billion in an initial tranche, but suspended the next $2 billion tranche after violence and political turmoil roiled Ukraine last week.
Moscow has declined to recognize the former opposition politicians who have taken over as Ukraine's authorities.
Moscow agreed the bailout in November after Yanukovych rejected signing cooperation accords with the European Union.
Ukraine's new authorities have estimated the country will need $35 billion over the next two years to stave off financial ruin.
A top Russian finance official says Moscow has no legal obligation to pay further tranches of a $15 billion bailout package for Ukraine that was agreed with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.
Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said on February 25 that Moscow believes there's a "slight" risk debt-burdened Ukraine will not repay the first installment.
Russia disbursed $3 billion in an initial tranche, but suspended the next $2 billion tranche after violence and political turmoil roiled Ukraine last week.
Moscow has declined to recognize the former opposition politicians who have taken over as Ukraine's authorities.
Moscow agreed the bailout in November after Yanukovych rejected signing cooperation accords with the European Union.
Ukraine's new authorities have estimated the country will need $35 billion over the next two years to stave off financial ruin.
09:52
26.2.2014
A lot of news this morning (see the summary above for the latest developments). This just in:
Ukraine's acting President Oleksander Turchynov has assumed the duties of commander in chief of the country's armed forces.
The move was announced in a decree published on the presidential website on Wednesday. The announcement comes one day after acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said he had signed an order to disband the country's Berkut special police force.
The Berkut have been blamed by antigovernment protesters for violent attacks against demonstrators. Avakov said on his official Facebook page that "there is no Berkut any longer."
Further details are expected to be given at a briefing on Wednesday.
There are thought to be some 4,000 Berkut troops, who are well-trained and specialize in riot control and rapid-response operations.
The move was announced in a decree published on the presidential website on Wednesday. The announcement comes one day after acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said he had signed an order to disband the country's Berkut special police force.
The Berkut have been blamed by antigovernment protesters for violent attacks against demonstrators. Avakov said on his official Facebook page that "there is no Berkut any longer."
Further details are expected to be given at a briefing on Wednesday.
There are thought to be some 4,000 Berkut troops, who are well-trained and specialize in riot control and rapid-response operations.
09:54
26.2.2014
Wow. @HromadskeTV being broadcast on #Ukraine 1 Channel, previously a Yanukovych/govt propaganda machine.
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 26, 2014