Депутат «Донецкой народной республики»-актеришка из Москвы http://t.co/uLpW8PvAkI #Україна #Росія #Донбасс #Донецк
— Євромайдан (@Dbnmjr) April 19, 2014
In an April 19 statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said "the questions of resolving the internal political crisis should be decided by Ukrainians themselves in close cooperation with a special monitoring mission" of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The ministry said Russian deputy minister Grigory Karasin had met with Oleh Tsaryov, a pro-Russia candidate in the Ukrainian presidential election scheduled for May 25.
The statement comes two days after top diplomats from Ukraine, Russia, the United States, and the European Union reached an agreement outlining a series of steps to restore order in Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists occupy a dozen government buildings in the country's east.
Ukraine MoFA says OSCE observers leaving now for Donetsk to see how Geneva accords being implemented. Answer, they're not stay in Kiev
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) April 19, 2014
Donetsk separatists go English RT @BBCDanielS: More messages from the barricades pic.twitter.com/P03ucM6LAM
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) April 19, 2014
Kyiv barricades got a makeover: concrete blocks now instead of ice/sand bags via @pavelsheremet pic.twitter.com/n2YN8rKfyI
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) April 19, 2014
Video of pro-Russia auto demonstration in Kramatorsk
Hat tip to Just Hovens Greve for flagging:
NATO commander offers evidence of Russian troops in #Ukraine.Who are the men behind the masks?http://t.co/iQG4vN1pFX pic.twitter.com/dc5j5Z1Uh2
— Just Hovens Greve (@JustHovensGreve) April 19, 2014
#Kramatorsk now - guy breezing around in a Russia tracksuit, and he's not even going to the demo. #Ukraine #Russia pic.twitter.com/7NMx5houB4
— GrahamWPhillips (@GrahamWP_UK) April 19, 2014
Easter truce in eastern Ukraine. Kiev says won't clear Maidan because protest is legal... http://t.co/bkZnJJqtVt
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) April 19, 2014