14:45
18.3.2014
RFE/RL's newsdesk has issued this short item on Joe Biden's news conference in Warsaw:
Speaking on a visit to NATO ally Poland, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Russia's international isolation will only increase and Moscow will face additional U.S. and European Union sanctions if it continues with moves to take over Crimea.
Biden described Russia's annexation of Crimea as "almost unbelievable" and condemned it as "nothing but a land grab."
Biden said the United States remains strongly committed to the collective defense of all NATO nations and affirmed Washington's commitment to establishing a missile-defense system in Poland by 2018.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who appeared with Biden, said the international community cannot accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Speaking on a visit to NATO ally Poland, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Russia's international isolation will only increase and Moscow will face additional U.S. and European Union sanctions if it continues with moves to take over Crimea.
Biden described Russia's annexation of Crimea as "almost unbelievable" and condemned it as "nothing but a land grab."
Biden said the United States remains strongly committed to the collective defense of all NATO nations and affirmed Washington's commitment to establishing a missile-defense system in Poland by 2018.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who appeared with Biden, said the international community cannot accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
14:57
18.3.2014
Putin's Crimea speech in numbers. Four standing ovations, the longest lasting 39 seconds, and 32 rounds of applause.
Путіну аплодували. Довго й інтенсивно... \ інофографіка від The Village pic.twitter.com/zwr8Ue0OcD
— Hromadske.TV (@HromadskeTV) March 18, 2014
15:18
18.3.2014
From agencies:
NATO member states have condemned Russia's annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea as a "land grab" in violation of international law and warned that Moscow faces the prospect of more Western sanctions.
Britain has announced the suspension of all military cooperation with Russia.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the referendum in Crimea, the declaration of independence by secessionist Crimean lawmakers, and Russia’s annexation of the territory were all against international law.
French President Francois Hollande has urged a "strong" EU response.
Britain has announced the suspension of all military cooperation with Russia.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the referendum in Crimea, the declaration of independence by secessionist Crimean lawmakers, and Russia’s annexation of the territory were all against international law.
French President Francois Hollande has urged a "strong" EU response.
15:21
18.3.2014
Russia's treaty annexing Crimea says local residents will automatically become Russian citizens unless they file a request to retain their Ukrainian citizenship. They will have four weeks to do so after the treaty takes effect.
15:23
18.3.2014
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden says in Poland: "The world has seen through Russia’s actions and has rejected the flawed logic."
15:27
18.3.2014
Russia's State Duma could vote on annexing Crimea as soon as tomorrow.
ГД уже завтра может рассмотреть закон о присоединении Крыма к РФ http://t.co/li9ozfIvuo
— Радио Свобода (@SvobodaRadio) March 18, 2014
15:31
18.3.2014
Handle this report with care.
Whoa, Putin really is on top of the world: Kavkaz Center says Doku Umarov is dead http://t.co/7YpdX7rUJu (via @ninaivanovna)
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) March 18, 2014
15:34
18.3.2014
Media reports say 110,000 people have already gathered on Red Square to celebrate annexation of Crimea. Police says crowds still flocking in.
На Красную площадь уже 110 тысяч человек собрали? Ого, вот это скорость
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) March 18, 2014
15:38
18.3.2014
5 Reasons Vladimir Putin Gave for Annexing Crimea http://t.co/Yn10AaZrmk #ukraine #crimea #putin #russia
— Lukas I. Alpert (@lalpert1) March 18, 2014