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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
16:42 13.3.2014
Also from our newsdesk:

Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has changed some flight routes so that the airline's planes do not fly over Ukrainian territory.

Aeroflot spokesman Andrei Sogrin today confirmed the company's decision, which he said was made to "ensure the planes' security" due to the situation around Ukraine's Crimea region.

He said all flights from Moscow that would normally pass over the territory of Ukraine would now bypass it.

The Interfax news agency said Aeroflot was one of "several" Russian airlines that have changed routes to bypass Ukraine.
16:38 13.3.2014
A little addition to our earlier report that the Russian military is conducting exercises in it Southern Military District near Ukraine. The Defense Ministry now says it has ent six Su-27 jet fighters and three military transport planes to Belarus. It said it was responding to a request prompted by joint U.S.-Polish exercises in Poland.
16:32 13.3.2014
16:27 13.3.2014
Some of the Russian artists who have spoken against their country's actions in Crimea.

16:19 13.3.2014
Here's RFE/RL Ukrainian Service video of the same Simferopol protest (which they're describing as a flash mob). The protesters were also demanding the release of abducted journalists and activists.
16:09 13.3.2014
16:00 13.3.2014
At last some good news from Crimea. A baby zebra was born today in Yalta's zoo. Its name? "Russia."
15:53 13.3.2014
Ukrainian border guards serving in Crimea are getting a pay rise and a bonus.
Kyiv has earmarked 15.5 million Hryvnia ($1.6 million) for the purpose.
15:43 13.3.2014
15:39 13.3.2014
This collection of poems on the "heavenly hundred," the victims of the Euromaidan protests, is on offer at Kyiv's parliament. Buyers simply leave money on the table.

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