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Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya speaks to the UN General Assembly on March 27.
Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya speaks to the UN General Assembly on March 27.

Live Blog: UN Backs Ukraine Integrity

Final Summary For March 27

-- The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution that affirms Ukraine's territorial integrity.

-- The IMF has announced "a staff-level agreement" with Kyiv on assistance of $14 billion-$18 billion in conjunction with a reform program that will "unlock" up to $27 billion over the next two years, pending final approval next month. Tthe U.S. Congress has also passed an aid bill for Ukraine.

-- Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko has announced plans to run for president.

-- Members of the Right Sector have been holding a demonstration outside the Ukrainian parliament building to vent their anger at the killing of prominent member Oleksander Muzychko earlier in the week.

-- Six Ukrainian military officers detained by pro-Russian troops in Crimea have been released, including Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, but five others are still being held captive.

-- Anonymous sources quoted by CNN say U.S. intelligence "concludes it is more likely than previously thought that Russian forces will enter eastern Ukraine."

-- U.S. President Barack Obama, in the keynote speech of his visit to Europe, chided Russia for its use of "brute force" in Ukraine and vowed that a determined alliance of the United States and Europe will prevail over time.


*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv
12:00 8.3.2014
BBC's Russian Service reporting that armed men in military uniforms have seized the main military recruitment center in Simferopol. According to the report, about 100 men arrived in two trucks with Russian number plates, and called themselves "self-defense detachments."
11:59 8.3.2014
11:54 8.3.2014
11:50 8.3.2014
RFE/RL Russian Service quotes PM Stephen Harper announcing that Canada is imposing visa sanctions against some Russian officials over Ukrainian events, adding that the Canadian government is eyeing further moves.
11:49 8.3.2014
11:47 8.3.2014
Kyrgyz Service colleague notes Russian TV's Channel One kicked off its news with a report on the "infringement of the rights of the Russian-speaking population" in Ukraine.
11:20 8.3.2014
Interesting piece in "The New York Times" on how Putin's decision-making unfolded.

"The decision to invade Crimea, the officials and analysts said, was made not by the national security council but in secret among a smaller and shrinking circle of Mr. Putin’s closest and most trusted aides. The group excluded senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the cadre of comparatively liberal advisers who might have foreseen the economic impact and potential consequences of American and European sanctions."
10:38 8.3.2014
10:34 8.3.2014
10:16 8.3.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports that pro-Russian forces have raided a border checkpoint near Kerch and driven out Ukrainian border guards, also seizing the facility's weapons.

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