13:44
19.3.2014
Clips of Ukrainian troops who've set up camp near the Russian border.
13:45
19.3.2014
Acting Ukrainian Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh and First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema were barred from entering Crimea. The incident is being discussed at the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council's emergency session.
13:51
19.3.2014
AFP quotes British Prime Minister David Cameron as saying that G7 nations meeting next week "should be discussing whether or not to expel Russia permanently from the G8 if further steps are taken" by Moscow to destabilize Ukraine.
13:55
19.3.2014
Then again, they could change their minds well before then.
Ruble, hryvnia to stay legal tender in #Crimea simultaneously until Jan. 1, 2016 - @interfaxua reports, citing Bank of Crimea head.
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 19, 2014
14:06
19.3.2014
Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov says all Ukrainian military bases in Crimea, including weapons, are now the property of his self-proclaimed government.
14:09
19.3.2014
Ukraine renounces its presidency of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
УКРАИНА ОТКАЗЫВАЕТСЯ ОТ ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЬСТВА В СНГ В 2014Г – МИД
— Українська правда (@ukrpravda_news) March 19, 2014
14:10
19.3.2014
Russian rep in Council of Europe apparently posted Russia will "take back" FSU countries, Finland, Poland, Alaska: http://t.co/1cY7VN5hE7
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 19, 2014
14:19
19.3.2014
RFE/RL's Russian Service interviewed Roman Romanenko, the journalist who jokingly asked Putin to dispatch troops to protect residents of Russia's Vologda region from corrupt officials. The regional governor has since demanded an investigation on extremism charges.
14:23
19.3.2014
Workers replacing letters on Crimean parliament building.