15:30
7.4.2014
A group of pro-Russian separatists accidently stormed the opera house in Kharkiv, mistaking it for the mayor's office.
15:35
7.4.2014
Pictures are emerging of Stanislav Karachevskiy, the Ukrainian naval officer killed overnight by a Russian soldier in Crimea.
16:04
7.4.2014
Yulia Tymoshenko, who flew to Donetsk today, says pro-Russian separatists camped outside local government buildings are either servicemen or "marginals."
16:19
7.4.2014
Tymoshenko says regional authorities should be elected locallly, not appointed by Kyiv.
16:24
7.4.2014
Tymoshenko is calling for calm in Donetsk: no need for Ukrainains to rally against the takeover of government buildings.
16:31
7.4.2014
Clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian demonstrators in Kharkiv have left 10 people injured.
16:39
7.4.2014
Ukrainian authorities say there are now about 22,000 Russian soldiers in Crimea -- 11,500 serving in the Black Sea Fleet, 10,500 newly deployed from Russia.
16:44
7.4.2014
Some key excerpts from acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov's televised address to the nation, from Kyiv today.
"Yesterday, a second wave of the Russian Federation's special operation against Ukraine started. The goal is to destabilize the situation in the country, topple Ukrainian authorities, disrupt the elections and to tear our country apart. "
"Separatist groups, coordinated by Russian intelligence services, seized the regional government building in Kharkiv, regional government and security service buildings in Donetsk and security headquarters in Luhansk. And what is most dangerous: They took up weapons."
"That's all happening against the background of the presence of Russian troops next to our borders. Enemies of Ukraine are trying to repeat the Crimean scenario but we will not let them do it. Last night anticrisis headquarters were set up and an antiterrorist operation will take place against those who took up weapons."
"I have great respect for different political views, including those of our opponents, but separatism and use of weapons against their own country which directly endangers the safety and lives of our citizens, it's not politics. It's a serious crime and we will act appropriately and decisively against the criminals."
"Separatist groups, coordinated by Russian intelligence services, seized the regional government building in Kharkiv, regional government and security service buildings in Donetsk and security headquarters in Luhansk. And what is most dangerous: They took up weapons."
"That's all happening against the background of the presence of Russian troops next to our borders. Enemies of Ukraine are trying to repeat the Crimean scenario but we will not let them do it. Last night anticrisis headquarters were set up and an antiterrorist operation will take place against those who took up weapons."
"I have great respect for different political views, including those of our opponents, but separatism and use of weapons against their own country which directly endangers the safety and lives of our citizens, it's not politics. It's a serious crime and we will act appropriately and decisively against the criminals."
16:44
7.4.2014
16:59
7.4.2014
Our news desk has this Ukraine-related story from the Baltics:
Latvia and Lithuania have suspended two Russian state television channels saying their coverage of the Ukraine crisis was biased.
Latvia's National Council for Electronic Media said it was suspending RTR-Rossiya television channel's broadcasts for three months starting April 7.
Also on April 7, a spokeswoman for the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court told journalists that broadcasts of Russia's RTR-Planeta have been partially suspended because the TV company's programs on Ukraine were found to be biased and "likely aimed to incite discord."
Both channels are owned by Russian state broadcaster VGTRK.
Russian Foreign Ministry Human Rights Commissioner Konstantin Dolgov called the two Baltic states' move a violation of the right to receive information.
Latvia's National Council for Electronic Media said it was suspending RTR-Rossiya television channel's broadcasts for three months starting April 7.
Also on April 7, a spokeswoman for the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court told journalists that broadcasts of Russia's RTR-Planeta have been partially suspended because the TV company's programs on Ukraine were found to be biased and "likely aimed to incite discord."
Both channels are owned by Russian state broadcaster VGTRK.
Russian Foreign Ministry Human Rights Commissioner Konstantin Dolgov called the two Baltic states' move a violation of the right to receive information.