14:50
12.5.2014
Ukraine's ousted president, Viktor Yanukovych, weighs in on the separatist votes:
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12.5.2014
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12.5.2014
Paul Goble, on his Window on Eurasia blog, cites a report by Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin "has proposed and imposed are those of a leader preparing for war rather than someone concerned about the needs of the Russian people."
14:30
12.5.2014
Latest, from our news desk:
Pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk say they will not allow voting for the Ukrainian presidential election to be conducted in the province.
Vasyl Mykytyn, a self-styled spokesman for the Army of the Southeast, said in the city of Luhansk on May 12 that since the region is known as the "Luhansk People's Republic" the May 25 Ukrainian presidential election will not be held in the region.
Mykytyn said the Luhansk Regional Council lost its legitimacy after the May 11 vote on self-rule that was held in the region.
Separatist officials have said the referendum vote -- which Ukrainian officials have said was illegal and has no meaning -- was overwhelming in favor of giving indepenence to Luhansk.
Mykytyn said Luhansk separatist officials are going to ask the United Nations for recognition of their "people's republic." (Interfax)
Vasyl Mykytyn, a self-styled spokesman for the Army of the Southeast, said in the city of Luhansk on May 12 that since the region is known as the "Luhansk People's Republic" the May 25 Ukrainian presidential election will not be held in the region.
Mykytyn said the Luhansk Regional Council lost its legitimacy after the May 11 vote on self-rule that was held in the region.
Separatist officials have said the referendum vote -- which Ukrainian officials have said was illegal and has no meaning -- was overwhelming in favor of giving indepenence to Luhansk.
Mykytyn said Luhansk separatist officials are going to ask the United Nations for recognition of their "people's republic." (Interfax)
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12.5.2014
14:16
12.5.2014
Germany's Foreign Minister is going to Kiev Tuesday, and also plans to visit the eastern regions, according to his spokesman today. #Ukraine
— Paul Brennan (@paulrbrennan) May 12, 2014
14:15
12.5.2014
Rpts now coming in that Lugansk, following Donetsk, will not participate in Presidential elections. So if ppl try to open polling stations?
— Sarah Rainsford (@sarahrainsford) May 12, 2014
13:52
12.5.2014
Has Ukraine only seen the beginning of the city takeovers?
Very worrying implications for #Ukraine over the coming weeks and months, via @euromaidan pic.twitter.com/Z8XqH1Oga4
— Jakub Parusinski (@j_parus) May 12, 2014
13:23
12.5.2014
Fascism returns to Ukraine: one epic text by Timothy Snyder absolutely everybody should read http://t.co/duG4YyNmpq pic.twitter.com/xr2owzIfn3
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) May 12, 2014
13:16
12.5.2014
Has Pavel Gubarev, the self-declared "people's governor" of Donetsk, said too much? Is Ukraine's richest man behind the eastern separatists?
Whoops, Gubarev says 2/3 of separatist insurgents in #Donetsk eventually were paid by #Akhmetov, even committed ones. http://t.co/1u58Fzvff1
— Natalia Melnychuk (@pravolivo) May 12, 2014