11:33
25.3.2014
The Ukrainian parliament has voted to dismiss acting Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh over Crimea.
11:20
25.3.2014
Brussels correspondent Rikard Jozwiak quotes NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen suggesting today that Russian interference would not dissuade the alliance from potential enlargement decisions:
"[T]he Russian behavior will not have any impact on our open-door policy. NATO's door remains open. According to the NATO treaty, the alliance may invite European democracies that fulfill the necessary criteria to join our alliance. The decision whether we are going to enlarge our alliance is a decision made within the alliance without interference from third parties. So, basically it is an issue to be discussed between an applicant country and the alliance."
11:18
25.3.2014
From agencies:
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has called the decision by G7 states to snub a planned G-8 summit in Russia "counterproductive." The Putin spokesman said the decision would hurt both Russia and G7 countries, adding that Moscow is still "interested" in contacts with other G8 states. It is the first time that Russia, which joined the group of industrialized democracies in 1998, has been excluded from its annual summit.
10:47
25.3.2014
Some fresh information just in from our newsdesk:
Ukrainian lawmakers have rejected the resignation of acting Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh.
Tenyukh submitted his resignation today amid reports that he had failed to give timely and proper orders and commands to Ukrainian military units in Crimea during its occupation and annexation by Russia.
He has denied the allegations.
He told lawmakers that "given that some may not like the actions I am taking...I will not cling to my post."
Of 327 lawmakers, 197 voted for Tenyukh's resignation -- well short of the 226 required for it to be approved.
Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov had earlier requested that Tenyukh be relieved of his duties and replaced by General Mykhaylo Koval.
Koval is the director of the State Border Service's administration department.
Yesterday, Turchnyov ordered the Defense Ministry to withdraw all Ukrainian military forces from Crimea. (UNIAN, Interfax, Reuters)
Tenyukh submitted his resignation today amid reports that he had failed to give timely and proper orders and commands to Ukrainian military units in Crimea during its occupation and annexation by Russia.
He has denied the allegations.
He told lawmakers that "given that some may not like the actions I am taking...I will not cling to my post."
Of 327 lawmakers, 197 voted for Tenyukh's resignation -- well short of the 226 required for it to be approved.
Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov had earlier requested that Tenyukh be relieved of his duties and replaced by General Mykhaylo Koval.
Koval is the director of the State Border Service's administration department.
Yesterday, Turchnyov ordered the Defense Ministry to withdraw all Ukrainian military forces from Crimea. (UNIAN, Interfax, Reuters)
10:02
25.3.2014
There are conflicting accounts of how Ukraine's ultranationalist Right Sector movement Oleksandr Muzychko died, but First Deputy Interior Minister Vladimir Yevdokimov has announced that Muzychko was fatally wounded while security forces were detaining him during a special operation. Yevdokimov said agents from Ukraine's organized-crime department and Sokol police commandos confronted Muzychko at a cafe. He said Muzychko was killed in the ensuing shoot-out. Yevdokimov said three other men were arrested and weapons confiscated.
As reported earlier, Ukrainian parliamentarian Oleksandr Doniy claimed on Facebook that Muzychko had been abducted in Rivne by unknown gunmen and shot dead, then thrown from an automobile.
As reported earlier, Ukrainian parliamentarian Oleksandr Doniy claimed on Facebook that Muzychko had been abducted in Rivne by unknown gunmen and shot dead, then thrown from an automobile.
09:59
25.3.2014
An international arrest warrant had been issued earlier this month for Muzychko, who was wanted in Russia for allegedly torturing and killing some 20 Russian federal military personnel during the war against Chechen separatists in 1994 and 1995:
Aleksandr #Muzychko is seen wearing #Ichkeria Army Ensignia which reads "Army of General Dubayev". #Terrorist. #UA pic.twitter.com/1oiuIKH3SK
— tgRevolutionary (@tgrevolutionary) March 18, 2014
09:57
25.3.2014
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More details on Oleksandr Muzychko, a.k.a Sashko Biliy, the Right Sector member killed overnight in Rivne:
From a March 14 Associated Press profile of Right Sector:
A prominent member of the Right Sector, Oleksandr Muzychko, recently stirred turmoil by storming into a local parliament building in the city of Rivne (see video above), brandishing a Kalashnikov rifle. Muzychko threatened to confiscate the property of regional lawmakers affiliated with Yanukovych's party if they didn't pay compensation to the families of the killed protesters.
He also used a highly derogatory word to describe protest leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who later became Ukraine's prime minister, and suggested that Yatsenyuk belonged in a pig farm. "The one whose hand holds the Kalashnikov will be calling the shots," Muzychko said, clutching his weapon. During a separate incident, Muzychko stormed into a judicial office, insulted a prosecutor, pulled him by his tie and slapped him in the face.
Video of the face slapping can be seen as part of RT's report HERE:
09:41
25.3.2014
Contradictory accounts of the death of Right Sector leader Oleksandr Muzychko are emerging. Ukrainian authorities are suggesting he died in a possible clash with security forces.
08:57
25.3.2014
08:56
25.3.2014