12:58
26.4.2014
Reuters just issued this news alert:
OSCE NEGOTIATING TEAM ON WAY TO REGION TO TRY TO SECURE RELEASE OF DETAINED OBSERVERS IN EASTERN UKRAINE- GERMAN GOVT SOURCE
OSCE NEGOTIATING TEAM ON WAY TO REGION TO TRY TO SECURE RELEASE OF DETAINED OBSERVERS IN EASTERN UKRAINE- GERMAN GOVT SOURCE
12:59
26.4.2014
More from Reuters on OSCE negotiating team:
BERLIN, April 26 (Reuters) - The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has dispatched a negotiating team to try to secure the release of observers being held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, a German government source said on Saturday.
"A negotiating team from the OSCE is on the way to the region," said the source, declining to give further details, including exactly where they were heading.
"A negotiating team from the OSCE is on the way to the region," said the source, declining to give further details, including exactly where they were heading.
13:05
26.4.2014
Khodorkovsky accuses Putin of pursuing a "personal grudge" against Ukraine, "The Moscow Times" reports:
Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has said ordinary Russians are paying the price for President Vladimir Putin's "personal grudge" against protesters in Ukraine.
Putin "is offended because of the revolution, because the thieving former President Yanukovych and his corrupt entourage have been forced into exile. The parallels hit too close to home for him," Khodorkovsky said at a conference held Thursday in Ukraine's capital Kiev.
"Once again, this time in Ukraine, he is using his office to avenge a personal grudge," the former Yukos CEO said, according to a transcript of the speech posted on his website.
Putin "is offended because of the revolution, because the thieving former President Yanukovych and his corrupt entourage have been forced into exile. The parallels hit too close to home for him," Khodorkovsky said at a conference held Thursday in Ukraine's capital Kiev.
"Once again, this time in Ukraine, he is using his office to avenge a personal grudge," the former Yukos CEO said, according to a transcript of the speech posted on his website.
13:13
26.4.2014
A new poll by IRI shows strong opposition to Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
Western Ukraine: 97 percent opposed
Central Ukraine: 94 percent opposed
Eastern Ukraine: 69 percent opposed
Southern Ukraine: 75 percent opposed
Poll also shows voter entusiasm for May 25 presidential election is high.
84 percent say they are likely to vote nationwide (91 percent in western Ukraine, 92 percent in central Ukraine, 79 percent in eastern Ukraine, and 62 percent in southern Ukraine)
Also, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov's job approval is at 46 percent and acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk's job approval is at 52 percent.
You can read all the results here.
Western Ukraine: 97 percent opposed
Central Ukraine: 94 percent opposed
Eastern Ukraine: 69 percent opposed
Southern Ukraine: 75 percent opposed
Poll also shows voter entusiasm for May 25 presidential election is high.
84 percent say they are likely to vote nationwide (91 percent in western Ukraine, 92 percent in central Ukraine, 79 percent in eastern Ukraine, and 62 percent in southern Ukraine)
Also, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov's job approval is at 46 percent and acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk's job approval is at 52 percent.
You can read all the results here.
13:15
26.4.2014
Interesting tidbit on Papal diplomacy from Channel 5's Myroslava Petsa:
13:16
26.4.2014
13:18
26.4.2014
But does the dog take its fur off when it goes hunting?
13:20
26.4.2014
More comments from acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaking to reporters today during his visit to Rome.
"This is [more] proof and evidence that these so-called peaceful protesters with the Russian ID's (eds: identification cards) are real terrorists who detained and captured as hostages OSCE observers. This is unbelievable and unacceptable and disgusting. And despite all of this Russian authorities never condemn these terrorists and this is a clear sign that the Russian regime supports these gangsters, culprits and criminals."
"It's clear that Russian aggression has as its aim to undermine the global security and global stability, to redraw the lines and to revise the consequences of the second world war."
"We urge Russia to pull back its security forces, not to provoke and not to support Russian-led terrorists that are located and deployed in eastern and southern Ukraine. We urge Russia to leave us alone."
"Russian military aircraft today at night crossed and violated Ukrainian airspace seven times. We do understand the reason. The Russian military did it. The only reason is to provoke Ukraine to strike a missile and to accuse Ukraine of waging a war against Russia."
"It's clear that Russian aggression has as its aim to undermine the global security and global stability, to redraw the lines and to revise the consequences of the second world war."
"We urge Russia to pull back its security forces, not to provoke and not to support Russian-led terrorists that are located and deployed in eastern and southern Ukraine. We urge Russia to leave us alone."
"Russian military aircraft today at night crossed and violated Ukrainian airspace seven times. We do understand the reason. The Russian military did it. The only reason is to provoke Ukraine to strike a missile and to accuse Ukraine of waging a war against Russia."
13:22
26.4.2014
Yatsenyuk and Pope Francis in the Vatican
13:23
26.4.2014