09:29
19.5.2014
The "Kyiv Post" is reporting that Russia has transferred signal technicians to its border with Ukraine, close to an area where pro-Russian separatists have set up roadblocks and established their own border crossings. The specialists' main role is in reportedly in ground reconnaissance from the air using drones.
08:44
19.5.2014
Petro Poroshenko continues to lead in the polls a week ahead of the presidential vote, but does anyone really expect him to win?
07:39
19.5.2014
Ukraine's soccer fans unite!
07:34
19.5.2014
07:33
19.5.2014
07:25
19.5.2014
17:54
18.5.2014
Barring major developments, this wraps up our live blogging for May 18, 2014.
17:39
18.5.2014
According to a Russian Foreign Ministry statement posted today:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in a telephone discussion today that "Kyiv must stop using armed forces against protesters," in compliance with the Geneva agreements reached in April.
Lavrov also called for an open investigation into the "massacre in Odesa" and other "violence against civilians."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in a telephone discussion today that "Kyiv must stop using armed forces against protesters," in compliance with the Geneva agreements reached in April.
Lavrov also called for an open investigation into the "massacre in Odesa" and other "violence against civilians."
16:21
18.5.2014
16:12
18.5.2014
Denis Pushilin, self-styled pro-Russian leader of the so-called People's Republic of Donetsk, speaking today during a rally in Donetsk...
... and in exclusive comments to Reuters:
"We will clear our territory shortly because we have a very good support base, and we all know very well that should wide scale military operations be launched against us, the Russian army will be here in no time at all."
... and in exclusive comments to Reuters:
"How can we participate in elections of a state that is our neighbor as of recently? No, there will be no election here. Even without the Donetsk People's Republic declared -- had we remained in the Donetsk Region -- we did not have our candidate to run [for the Ukrainian presidency], and there cannot be one. It is impossible to find a single person now who could suit all of Ukraine -- regardless of the newly-established republics."