#Tymoshenko says '#Ukraine will take #Crimea back' as Russian invasion speeds #Putin's demise http://t.co/E0uy65xGAj pic.twitter.com/52fXfwOVah
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) March 22, 2014
Putinist ideologue Dugin calling on ppl of southeastern Ukraine to take up arms: http://t.co/SrIP16WP5D
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 22, 2014
Video of US F-16's arriving in Poland to beef up defenses there https://t.co/BWUf1b23Vr
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) March 22, 2014
Lenin Square in Donetsk today the site of a regular weekend pro-Russia rally. pic.twitter.com/VxdIftNjjt
— James Novogrod (@JamieNBCNews) March 22, 2014
Via Interfax:
Council and director of the Moscow Human Rights Bureau.
Yulia Tymoshenko said in a program on Ukrainian television that 'returning Crimea to its proper place' was the primary precondition for [Ukraine's] negotiations with Moscow. And this is a call for violating Russia's territorial integrity, and it's been made using the media," Brod said in a Saturday interview with Interfax.
Fundraising flyer going around Donetsk rally, seeking money for Berkut (riot police) injured last month Kiev. pic.twitter.com/vPEjv4aO3c
— James Novogrod (@JamieNBCNews) March 22, 2014
Crowds have broken into base at Novofederoskoe where Ukrainian military are still holding out #Crimea
— Eleanor Montague (@EleanorMontague) March 22, 2014
Donetsk rally. Man wrapped in Russian flag stops cheering, takes cell phone call. pic.twitter.com/hKh4Rck2uk
— James Novogrod (@JamieNBCNews) March 22, 2014
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denounced Russia's "attempt to splinter Europe" by backing an independence referendum in the Ukrainian southern region of Crimea earlier this month, news agencies report. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law formalizing Crimea's annexation on Friday, despite U.S. and European sanctions. Speaking in Kyiv on Saturday after meeting Ukraine's Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov, Steinmeier said he hoped the first OSCE monitors would arrive in Ukraine to support de-escalation efforts in the next couple of days. Yatseniuk called for European support, citing energy security and possible cooperation with Germany "to help with the modernization and strengthening of Ukraine's armed forces." Turchynov is also expected to hold talks with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday.