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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
17:40 26.3.2014
Obama: What we want is for the Ukrainian people to make their own decisions—just like other free people around the world.
17:38 26.3.2014
Obama: Every NATO member must share part of the burden of defense.
17:37 26.3.2014
Obama: Neither the US nor the EU has any interest in controlling Ukraine. Russia is not the Soviet Union, it leads no bloc of other countries.
17:36 26.3.2014
Obama: Russia's isolation will increase if it stays on its current course.
17:35 26.3.2014
Obama: Russia's violation of international law and violation of Ukraine's territory must be confronted.
17:34 26.3.2014
Obama: Russia's leadership is challenging truths and trying to redraw maps. He says the contest of ideas continues and that's what's at stake in Ukraine today....and says if the old way of doing things gets a foothold in Europe it will spread to other continents.
17:25 26.3.2014
Ukrainian officer being freed in Crimea:
17:16 26.3.2014
U.S. lawmaker calls for natural-gas exports to Europe to "sap Putin's strength."

Ed Royce: "America's newly developing energy supplies could make a difference, sapping President Putin's strength, while bolstering Ukraine's and many other European countries."
16:24 26.3.2014
Barack Obama: "Russia stands alone."
Obama Says 'Russia Stands Alone'
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16:19 26.3.2014
More reports of Russian troop movements in Crimea:

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