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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
14:45 21.3.2014
Here are the names of the 12 additional Russians and Ukrainians the European slapped with an asset freeze and travel ban earlier today, from Brussels correspondent Rikard Jozwiak:

* Dmitry Rogozin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister
* Valentina Matviyenko, head of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament
* Sergei Naryshkin, speaker of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament
* Aleksandr Nosatov, deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet
* Vladislav Surkov, Kremlin ideologue and Putin aide
* Sergei Glazyev, Putin presidential aide
* Igor Turchenyuk, commander of the Russian occupation forces in Crimea
* Dmitry Kiselyov, a rising star of Russian journalism who in December was named to head the Russian state media conglomerate Rossia Segodnya and warned recently that Russia could turn the United States "into radioactive ash"
* Yelena Mizulina, a State Duma deputy for A Just Russia
* Valery Kulikov, deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet (corrected)
* Mykhaylo Malyshev, Crimean referendum commission chairman
* Valery Medvedev, chairman of the Sevastopol Electoral Commission
14:46 21.3.2014
The Ukrainian navy in Feodosia is preparing for transfer to mainland Ukraine.

14:48 21.3.2014
14:53 21.3.2014
RFE/RL's Russian Service report on creative anti-annexation protest.

15:07 21.3.2014
"Ukraine is returning to the European family," says Yulia Tymoshenko. "This is Maidan's second victory."

15:11 21.3.2014
Femen-inspired protest against sanctions outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

15:42 21.3.2014
Naftogaz head Yevhen Bakulin has been detained for taking part in organized crimes causing at least $4 billion in damages to Ukraine.

16:06 21.3.2014
More on Bakulin's arrest in this report by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. Acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says he will "react harshly and publicly against any attempt to exert pressure on the investigation."

17:48 21.3.2014
The Czech Republic is launching a new ad campaign to attract more foreign tourists. In Russia, the TV ads will seek to lure tourists with the "wide variety of spa and wellness activities." Interesting timing.
18:13 21.3.2014
More news on the post-Maidan corruption crackdown:

Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash has been released from detention after Austrian authorities say they verified that the 125 million euro ($172 million) bail he posted was not money obtained illegally. The 125 million euros is a record sum for bail in Austrian history. A Vienna court said Friday that Firtash was released after he pledged he would not leave Austria. The oligarch transferred money for bail earlier this week, but Austrian investigators wanted to check into the origins of the money before freeing him from detention. Firtash was arrested in Vienna on March 12 at the request of U.S. authorities. He has been under investigation in the United States since 2006 for bribery and forming a criminal organization. Firtash was a supporter of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

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