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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.
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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
15:59 22.3.2014
Standoff continues at military base in Belbek. Here are some recent tweets and pix:




15:59 22.3.2014
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in Kyiv today, meeting with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Here are some bites from Harper's presser:

"For Ukraine, the consequences of the actions of the Putin regime are obvious and can only be remedied by their complete reversal. Furthermore, all of us who desire peace and stability in the world must recognize that the consequences of these actions will be felt far beyond the borders of Ukraine, or even the European continent itself."

"Ukraine relinquished the nuclear weapons it inherited from the former Soviet Union on the basis of an explicit Russian guarantee of its territorial integrity. By breaching that guarantee, [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin has provided a rationale for those elsewhere, who needed little more encouragement than that already furnished by pride or grievance, to arm themselves to the teeth."

"Canada is willing to provide an array of technical and other assistance and financial assistance in the context of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) package and we are encouraging the International Monetary Fund to expedite those discussions with the Ukrainian government"

16:03 22.3.2014
Live feed shows Russian armored vehicle at the gate of the Belbek airbase, near Sevastopol.

16:14 22.3.2014
Reuters and AFP reporting that shots have been fired at the Ukrainian air base near Belbek, Crimea. Russian troops are apparently storming the base and have broken down a gate with an APC.

16:14 22.3.2014
News agencies reporting that gunshots have been heard at the Belbeck airbase in Crimea.

16:17 22.3.2014
Live feed video camera from Ukrainian military base near Belbek, Crimea, has been shut down.

16:18 22.3.2014
Some more tweets from Belbek airbase:




16:19 22.3.2014
A couple more tweets from Belbek airbase:


16:22 22.3.2014
Live feed at Belbek airbase goes dark:

16:22 22.3.2014

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