22:08
14.5.2014
Barring any late breaking developments, this ends our live-blogging for May 14. Follow our latest Ukraine coverage here and here.
21:24
14.5.2014
More on the "pot calling the kettle black" nature of Moscow's accusations of rampant anti-Semitism in Ukraine:
21:09
14.5.2014
As Luke Johnson reports, the claims of an Odesa "doctor" widely believed to be a hoax have resurfaced -- in an op-ed written by a prominent British journalist for "The Guardian." Read more here.
20:24
14.5.2014
Speaking today at roundtable talks in Kyiv, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said:
"Today in particular, starting this national dialogue is very important. It is very important because the responsibility for the destiny of this country of 45 million people, which lies in the heart of Europe, rests upon us."
"Our key goal now is peace and quiet in our country and this peace and quiet must be and can be achieved through political and diplomatic means and we are going to have dialogue with those who do not have weapons in their hands, don't shoot, kill, and kidnap peaceful citizens."
"We think that the confirmation and approval of any agreement at the international level must be done within the format we agreed upon in Geneva, a four-party format including Ukraine, the EU, the U.S., and Russia. This is the format that provides a solution at the international level, that includes the security of Ukraine as a united sovereign and independent country."
"Our key goal now is peace and quiet in our country and this peace and quiet must be and can be achieved through political and diplomatic means and we are going to have dialogue with those who do not have weapons in their hands, don't shoot, kill, and kidnap peaceful citizens."
"We think that the confirmation and approval of any agreement at the international level must be done within the format we agreed upon in Geneva, a four-party format including Ukraine, the EU, the U.S., and Russia. This is the format that provides a solution at the international level, that includes the security of Ukraine as a united sovereign and independent country."
20:04
14.5.2014
Following reports that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's son has joined the board of a private Ukrainian gas company:
19:41
14.5.2014
In the latest post for his "The Power Vertical" blog, our Brian Whitmore decribes how Vladimir Putin has turned the political winds in Russia 180 degrees through his annexation of Crimea and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Read "Russia's Patriotic Fix."
19:26
14.5.2014
Election Commission office in Donetsk taken over by armed men.
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