14:15
8.4.2014
This new website brings together Crimea residents seeking to leave the peninsula and Ukrainians offering to help them relocate.
14:13
8.4.2014
WATCH: Ukraine's interior minister says the Kharkiv government building cleared and 70 people have been detained.
14:08
8.4.2014
Ukraine's parliament has approved a bill on the lustration of corrupt judges.
Прийняли люстрацію суддів!
— Lesya Orobets (@LesyaOrobets) April 8, 2014
13:57
8.4.2014
Luhansk police chief calls on pro-Russian separatists to lay down their weapons.
Начальник Луганской ГУМВД: Я прошу вас добровольно сложить оружие.
— ЄВРОМАЙДАН (@euromaidan) April 8, 2014
13:56
8.4.2014
From the wires. Bad economic news for Ukraine.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ukraine's economy is facing a severe contraction due to the country's political turmoil and tension with Russia.
The Washington-based international lender offered no estimate for Ukraine's economy. But it said in its World Economic Outlook released on April 8 that "output will likely drop significantly as the acute economic and political shocks take their toll on investment and consumption."
The IMF reduced its outlook for Russia's economic growth to 1.3 percent for this year -- 0.6 percentage points lower than in its last estimate in January.
The United States and the European Union in recent weeks have sought to penalize Russian authorities while offering aid and trade links to Ukraine.
Last month, the IMF offered Kyiv's interim authorities up to $18 billion in loans over two years.
The Washington-based international lender offered no estimate for Ukraine's economy. But it said in its World Economic Outlook released on April 8 that "output will likely drop significantly as the acute economic and political shocks take their toll on investment and consumption."
The IMF reduced its outlook for Russia's economic growth to 1.3 percent for this year -- 0.6 percentage points lower than in its last estimate in January.
The United States and the European Union in recent weeks have sought to penalize Russian authorities while offering aid and trade links to Ukraine.
Last month, the IMF offered Kyiv's interim authorities up to $18 billion in loans over two years.
13:46
8.4.2014
"New government, old faces." Transparency International says new Ukrainian leadership not interested in fighting corruption.
Новий уряд України не хоче боротися з корупцією, кажуть в Transparency International http://t.co/WaQrR1Ztgl
— Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) April 8, 2014
13:32
8.4.2014
Protesters outside #Ukraine's Rada call for bill to purge crooked judges http://t.co/3c9frDZvP9 @KyivPost_photo pic.twitter.com/byDJLOojDH
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) April 8, 2014
13:23
8.4.2014
More demands from pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk: their own parliament and carte blanche to practice separatism.
Митингующие в Луганске заявили о намерении создать свой парламент и требуют прекратить преследования за сепаратизм ...
— Інтерфакс-Україна (@interfaxua) April 8, 2014
13:08
8.4.2014
Our Ukrainian Service reports that Russia is willing to discuss the Ukrainian crisis with envoys from Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union. But Ukraine's Russian-speaking eastern and southern regions must be represented.
Москва готова до переговорів у форматі Росія-США-ЄС-Україна – Лавров http://t.co/WQdZcsLZgG
— Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) April 8, 2014
13:01
8.4.2014
Special forces will shoot if separatists in eastern Ukraine don't surrender -- Ukraine's presidential office.
Якщо сепаратисти не складуть зброї, то спецпідрозділам накажуть стріляти – адміністрація президента http://t.co/xTn30uXbRU
— Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) April 8, 2014