08:40
27.3.2014
Interfax quotes Russian Economic Development Minister Aleksei Ulyukayev saying capital outflow is likely to reach $60 billion in the first quarter, roughly equal to all of last year.
08:48
27.3.2014
09:00
27.3.2014
Moscow's prosecutor in Crimea, the meme-friendly Natalya Poklonskaya, as Anna from "Frozen."
09:06
27.3.2014
Ukrainian Democratic Party for Reform (UDAR) leader Vitali Klitschko told Reuters in London today after meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron and British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
"We expect more. We expect more because right now nothing has changed. Russia continues to attack Ukrainian military bases and put pressure and [destabilize] the situation in the eastern part of Ukraine."
"How fast we come out of this crisis depends on us, on Ukrainians, on reforms and new government and yes of course it depends on the friends of Ukraine. And right now we came to London to ask for help. We need know-how, we need support. We need technical support, we need moral support, we need economic support. Right now it is a very difficult time because there's aggression from Russia."
"How fast we come out of this crisis depends on us, on Ukrainians, on reforms and new government and yes of course it depends on the friends of Ukraine. And right now we came to London to ask for help. We need know-how, we need support. We need technical support, we need moral support, we need economic support. Right now it is a very difficult time because there's aggression from Russia."
09:26
27.3.2014
10:22
27.3.2014
The International Monetary Fund has announced a "staff level agreement" on a $14 billion-$18 billion bailout package for Ukraine. The deal -- announced by Nikolay Gueorguiev, the IMF's mission chief for Ukraine -- will make available further credits to reach a total of $27 billion over the next two years. In a statement, the IMF said "the mission has reached a staff-level agreement with the authorities of Ukraine on an economic reform program that can be supported by a two-year Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF." An IMF mission was in Kyiv from March 4-25 to assess the economic situation. It said Ukraine "has achieved some stability" following the "intense economic and political turbulence of recent months," but said it still faces "difficult challenges." The agreement is subject to approval by the IMF's Executive Board, which is expected to consider the agreement in April.
10:28
27.3.2014
"I spent three and half days in a single cell. We were fed, interacted with politely, asked provocative questions and gave provocative answers." -- Ukrainian Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, who is quickly becoming a hero among Ukrainians for his resistance to Russian forces, speaking to Reuters near the Ukraine-Crimea border after his release by pro-Russian forces on March 26
10:38
27.3.2014
Ukraine is seeking at the UN General Assembly the demilitarization of Crimea, according to Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Lubkivskyy as quoted by our Ukrainian Service.
10:42
27.3.2014
Switzerland has frozen its military cooperation with Russia, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports, saying its annexation of Crimea contravenes the Helsinki Accords, international law, and the principle of territorial integrity of states. Russia has "violated its obligations under a number of bilateral and multilateral agreements," the statement by the Swiss government executive, the Federal Council.
10:44
27.3.2014
Sweden's foreign minister takes up the #unitedforukraine banner: