14:04
7.4.2014
Yulia Tymoshenko, who flew to Donetsk today, says pro-Russian separatists camped outside local government buildings are either servicemen or "marginals."
13:35
7.4.2014
Pictures are emerging of Stanislav Karachevskiy, the Ukrainian naval officer killed overnight by a Russian soldier in Crimea.
13:30
7.4.2014
A group of pro-Russian separatists accidently stormed the opera house in Kharkiv, mistaking it for the mayor's office.
13:14
7.4.2014
Serhiy Chorniy, a cameraman with a regional television center in the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk, speaking to Reuters today about an attack on the center by group of unidentified gunmen.
"I was standing by the window and saw about five cars driving up. They got out and immediately opened fire without saying a word. Well, they opened fire, pulled the gates open, started coming in through them. As they started shooting I moved away from the window and didn't see the rest."
13:08
7.4.2014
Here's another update from RFE/RL's news desk:
Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov says the seizure of government buildings in eastern Ukraine and the declaration of a "Donetsk People's Republic" were engineered by Russia.
Turchynov said in a television address on Monday that the actions that began on Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv are "the second wave in Russia's special operation against Ukraine."
Pro-Russia activists occupying the regional government building in Donetsk announced Monday the creation of a separatist republic.
A speaker inside the Donetsk government building called for a referendum on the region's future to be held by May 11 and asked for Russia to send a "peacekeeping contingent" to protect the separatists.
Pro-Russia activists on Monday also looted an armory in Luhansk.
Turchyov said those who had "taken up arms [against Ukraine] will be targeted in antiterrorist operations."
Turchynov said in a television address on Monday that the actions that began on Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv are "the second wave in Russia's special operation against Ukraine."
Pro-Russia activists occupying the regional government building in Donetsk announced Monday the creation of a separatist republic.
A speaker inside the Donetsk government building called for a referendum on the region's future to be held by May 11 and asked for Russia to send a "peacekeeping contingent" to protect the separatists.
Pro-Russia activists on Monday also looted an armory in Luhansk.
Turchyov said those who had "taken up arms [against Ukraine] will be targeted in antiterrorist operations."
12:58
7.4.2014
12:54
7.4.2014
12:53
7.4.2014
Precious Scythian jewels and gold artifacts from Crimea on exhibition at a Dutch museum will be returned to mainland Ukraine, not Crimea.
Russian authorities had asked the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam to return the artefacts to Crimea despite its annexation.
Russian authorities had asked the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam to return the artefacts to Crimea despite its annexation.
12:41
7.4.2014
Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchinov says a bill is in the works to harshen penalties for separatism.
12:37
7.4.2014
Crimea's self-proclaimed authorities want to ban the Islamic party "Hizb ut-Tahrir," in line with Russian legislation.