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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.

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
15:29 22.3.2014
RFE/RL feature on Crimean Tatars and how their 1944 experience of genocidal deportation shapes their worries about what is happening on the peninsula now.

15:28 22.3.2014
15:27 22.3.2014
Meanwhile, Russia's Life News having no trouble broadcasting live from Belbek
15:22 22.3.2014
15:22 22.3.2014
Live feed at Belbek airbase goes dark:
15:19 22.3.2014
A couple more tweets from Belbek airbase:


15:18 22.3.2014
Some more tweets from Belbek airbase:




15:17 22.3.2014
Live feed video camera from Ukrainian military base near Belbek, Crimea, has been shut down.
15:14 22.3.2014
News agencies reporting that gunshots have been heard at the Belbeck airbase in Crimea.
15:14 22.3.2014
Reuters and AFP reporting that shots have been fired at the Ukrainian air base near Belbek, Crimea. Russian troops are apparently storming the base and have broken down a gate with an APC.

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