10:25
19.3.2014
Must-see video by "Guardian's" Antony Butts on "Ukraine: Tatars In Crimea Face Up To A Russian Future."
10:22
19.3.2014
About 30 self-defense guys just streamed out of the Ukrainian Sevastopol navy HQ, fists triumphantly raises
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 19, 2014
10:17
19.3.2014
Gazprom moves in to take over Crimean/Black Sea gas assets: http://t.co/tAU5ZgaUDN
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) March 19, 2014
10:17
19.3.2014
A safe being carried out of the Ukrainian navy headquarters in Sevastopol, stormed earlier by pro-Russian forces
Выносят сейф из штаба ВМС в Севастополе. pic.twitter.com/QOh4Ro6Lqx
— ЄВРОМАЙДАН (@euromaidan) March 19, 2014
10:09
19.3.2014
In Canberra, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announces that "the Australian government will impose targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against those who have been instrumental in the Russian threat to Ukraine's sovereignty. The actions taken by Russia are a clear violation of international rules prohibiting the use of force and protecting the territorial integrity of states. International law does not allow one state to steal the territory of another on the basis of a referendum that cannot be considered free or fair."
Bishop adds: "The referendum carried out in Crimea on 16 March was not authorized by Ukraine and was carried out while Russian forces were effectively in control of the territory. It cannot form the legitimate basis of any alteration to the status of Crimea."
Bishop adds: "The referendum carried out in Crimea on 16 March was not authorized by Ukraine and was carried out while Russian forces were effectively in control of the territory. It cannot form the legitimate basis of any alteration to the status of Crimea."
10:08
19.3.2014
Ukraine's acting defense minister, Ihor Tenyukh, says his country will not pull its troops out of Crimea. About 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers are currently serving on the peninsula.
Тенюх: украинские военные не будут выведены из Крыма, несмотря на принятие региона в состав России #новости #крым http://t.co/HaA2rszZMC
— Радио Свобода (@SvobodaRadio) March 19, 2014
10:06
19.3.2014
Ukrainian tanks and troops filing toward the country's eastern border on March 18.
10:04
19.3.2014
The young woman introduced by breakaway authorities as the new "Crimean prosecutor," Natalia Poklonskaya, has identified the "self-defense" troop reportedly killed during the raid on a Ukrainian base on March 18 as "a Cossack from the self-defense forces." She added that "single shots were fired simultaneously both at Ukrainian troops and [pro-Russian] self-defense forces. Damage has been inflicted on both sides."
10:00
19.3.2014
Two Russian Black Sea Fleet officers just entered the Sevastopol base.
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 19, 2014
09:55
19.3.2014
But will they be allowed in?
Crimea's secessionist Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov is quoted by Interfax as saying Tenyukh and Yarema will not be allowed to enter Crimea.
Crimea's secessionist Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov is quoted by Interfax as saying Tenyukh and Yarema will not be allowed to enter Crimea.