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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
18:36 26.3.2014
Germany chimes in:
17:49 26.3.2014
Obama: Ukraine crisis does not have military solution.
17:48 26.3.2014
17:47 26.3.2014
Obama: It wasn't America that filled the Maidan with people, it was the Ukrainians.
17:46 26.3.2014
Obama: Just because Russia has a long history with Ukraine does not mean it can dictate Ukraine's future.
17:44 26.3.2014
Obama: "Absurd" to say US conspiring with "fascists" in Ukraine.
17:43 26.3.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service quotes reports in which acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov says he expects the release soon of Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, the Belbeks base commander, and "our other officers" reportedly detained by Russian forces. "We hope to see them in Kyiv tomorrow," Turchynov reportedly said.
17:42 26.3.2014
Obama: Even in Iraq, the US sought to work within the international system.
17:42 26.3.2014
Obama: NATO only intervened after the people of Kosovo were brutalized for years. Referendum was held with UN.
17:40 26.3.2014
Obama: There is no evidence of systemic violence against ethnic Russians in Ukraine.

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