10:48
29.3.2014
With @Vitaliy_Klychko is out of the race, @Poroshenko becomes the front-runner with 20% ahead of Tymoshenko in polls pic.twitter.com/0B17kc3WqP
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 29, 2014
10:47
29.3.2014
#ukraine klitschko says will run for kiev mayor not for president. Against lesya orobets? Good luck with that, klitsh!
— Gulliver Cragg (@gullivercragg) March 29, 2014
10:45
29.3.2014
.@Poroshenko at @udarKlichko congress: The 1st time in Ukraine's history top two presidential front-runners join their forces
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 29, 2014
10:43
29.3.2014
More on Klitschko's announcement from Reuters. Looks like he and Petro Poroshenko cut a deal.
KIEV, March 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian boxer-turned-politician Vitaly Klitschko pulled out of the race for president on Saturday, throwing his weight instead behind billionaire confectionary oligarch Petro Poroshenko.
Klitschko's withdrawal, and an announcement by Poroshenko late on Friday that he would stand in the May 25 election, sets up a battle between the man known as the 'Chocolate King' and Ukraine's fiery former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko.
"The only chance of winning is to nominate one candidate from the democratic forces," Klitschko told a meeting of his UDAR (Punch) party, saying he backed Poroshenko.
Klitschko's withdrawal, and an announcement by Poroshenko late on Friday that he would stand in the May 25 election, sets up a battle between the man known as the 'Chocolate King' and Ukraine's fiery former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko.
"The only chance of winning is to nominate one candidate from the democratic forces," Klitschko told a meeting of his UDAR (Punch) party, saying he backed Poroshenko.
10:37
29.3.2014
From RFE/RL's News Desk:
Agencies reporting that Vitaly Klitschko has announced that he will not run for the presidency
Agencies reporting that Vitaly Klitschko has announced that he will not run for the presidency
10:35
29.3.2014
Kharkiv separatist Ignat Kromsky arrested for inviting Russian troops to invade http://t.co/2tExAfVcW3
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) March 29, 2014
10:34
29.3.2014
Kharkov. Separatism in the air in small quantities. pic.twitter.com/GrAbzfTTZs
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 29, 2014
10:01
29.3.2014
Writing in the "Telegraph," Roland Oliphant goes on the hunt for Russia's massed army.
But the Russian invasion force - if it is here - is very well camouflaged. As the fog lifted, murky shapes were revealed as trees, houses and old Lada cars. No tanks emerged from the gloom, no suspicious flights of helicopters passed overhead, and no green painted trucks rumbled down the roads.
09:54
29.3.2014
Good morning. With growing speculation that Russia will invade mainland Ukraine, Russia is working hard to allay those fears.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia has “absolutely no intention” to cross over Ukraine’s border. Read our latest news wrap here.
Writing in "Foreign Policy," Michael Weiss gives 10 reasons why he thinks the Russians will invade mainland Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia has “absolutely no intention” to cross over Ukraine’s border. Read our latest news wrap here.
Writing in "Foreign Policy," Michael Weiss gives 10 reasons why he thinks the Russians will invade mainland Ukraine.
21:14
28.3.2014
News agencies: the White House says Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Barack Obama today to discuss a U.S. diplomatic proposal for Ukraine. Obama suggested to Putin that Russia put a concrete response in writing to U.S. proposal for Ukraine. Obama also suggested to Putin that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet to discuss next steps.