14:55
8.3.2014
Ukrainian Border Service says Russia is continuing to move forces into Ukraine.
Погранслужба Украины: Россия продолжает переправлять войска в Крым http://t.co/xJC6grHPVQ
— Радио Свобода (@SvobodaRadio) March 8, 2014
14:53
8.3.2014
RT @gkates: "Yesterday Stalin, today Putin" - refers to Stalin's mass deportations of Crimean Tatars. pic.twitter.com/03zXDDmdtq #istanbul
— RFE/RL (@RFERL) March 8, 2014
14:52
8.3.2014
Reports say more than 5,000 pro-Russia demonstrators take to the streets in Donetsk. Demand release of pro-Moscow activist and businessman Pavel Gubarev.
Более 1000 человек участвуют в митинге в Донецке, требуя освободить "народного губернатора" Губарева (ФОТО) pic.twitter.com/zgHscJtYpk
— RT на русском (@RT_russian) March 8, 2014
14:49
8.3.2014
CCTV footage shows Bulgarian journalist attacked in Simferopol:
He later explains what happened:
Hat tip to Channel 4 for flagging these!
He later explains what happened:
Hat tip to Channel 4 for flagging these!
14:44
8.3.2014
Lviv's Tetiana Turchina has no time for International Women's Day, she's too busy following events in Crimea. In this report via our Ukrainian Service, Turchina says she's willing to take up arms to defend Ukraine against Russia, if the need arises.
14:39
8.3.2014
14:37
8.3.2014
Slick video of Russian citizens in Ukraine asking Moscow not to "save" them:
14:33
8.3.2014
Shots reportedly fired as an OSCE military mission is denied entry into Crimea.
From AP:
From AP:
ARMIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — An Associated Press reporter says warning shots were fired Saturday as pro-Russian forces refused to let a foreign military mission enter Crimea.
The multinational group of military officers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe attempted to enter the embattled peninsula from the north, but was stopped by armed men.
Warning bursts of automatic weapons fire were fired into the air, and the officers were told they had no authorization to enter Crimea, according to an AP reporter accompanying them.
No injuries were reported.
The multinational group of military officers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe attempted to enter the embattled peninsula from the north, but was stopped by armed men.
Warning bursts of automatic weapons fire were fired into the air, and the officers were told they had no authorization to enter Crimea, according to an AP reporter accompanying them.
No injuries were reported.
14:30
8.3.2014
Serb volunteer at #Crimea roadblock, here to help Russian "Orthodox brothers" - via @marklowen http://t.co/DtgSCEj13U pic.twitter.com/XtOSvG6DyZ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 8, 2014
14:24
8.3.2014
Radoslaw Sikorski says Poland evacuating its consulate in Sevastopol:
Because of continuing disturbances by Russian forces there, we have reluctantly evacuated our consulate @PLinSevastopol in Crimea, Ukraine.
— Radosław Sikorski (@sikorskiradek) March 8, 2014