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Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya speaks to the UN General Assembly on March 27.
Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya speaks to the UN General Assembly on March 27.
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Live Blog: UN Backs Ukraine Integrity

Final Summary For March 27

-- The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution that affirms Ukraine's territorial integrity.

-- The IMF has announced "a staff-level agreement" with Kyiv on assistance of $14 billion-$18 billion in conjunction with a reform program that will "unlock" up to $27 billion over the next two years, pending final approval next month. Tthe U.S. Congress has also passed an aid bill for Ukraine.

-- Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko has announced plans to run for president.

-- Members of the Right Sector have been holding a demonstration outside the Ukrainian parliament building to vent their anger at the killing of prominent member Oleksander Muzychko earlier in the week.

-- Six Ukrainian military officers detained by pro-Russian troops in Crimea have been released, including Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, but five others are still being held captive.

-- Anonymous sources quoted by CNN say U.S. intelligence "concludes it is more likely than previously thought that Russian forces will enter eastern Ukraine."

-- U.S. President Barack Obama, in the keynote speech of his visit to Europe, chided Russia for its use of "brute force" in Ukraine and vowed that a determined alliance of the United States and Europe will prevail over time.


*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv
16:31 20.3.2014
16:30 20.3.2014
More on new U.S. sanctions targeting some of Russia's biggest fish:
16:23 20.3.2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has extended talks with Kyiv on a Ukrainian aid package until March 25, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.

The fund's mission chief Nikolay Gueorguiev cited "significant progress in discussing with the Ukrainian authorities the policies to put the country on the path of economic reform, sound governance, and sustainable growth while protecting the poor and vulnerable," according to Reuters.
16:18 20.3.2014
Here are the nine U.S. officials named in Moscow's retaliatory sanctions that ban entry to Russia: Senators Robert Menendez, Mary Landrieu, John McCain, Daniel Coats, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner; and presidential aides Caroline Atkinson, Daniel Pfeiffer, and Benjamin Rhodes.
16:15 20.3.2014
Reuters quotes a Russian Foreign Ministry statement: "There must be no doubt: We will respond adequately to every hostile thrust."
16:04 20.3.2014
16:01 20.3.2014
Moscow's tit-for-tat sanctions target:​
15:50 20.3.2014
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15:49 20.3.2014

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