12:31
9.4.2014
12:00
9.4.2014
As the standoff in Donetsk continues, Nikolai Levchenko, a member of Ukraine's parliament from the Party of Regions faction, called on protesters to leave the building.
"I repeat and urge those who had occupied the building and their families and relatives, you must immediately free the building and let the regional parliament get to work. We have to take all possible decisions not to stop the solution of all the social and economic issues in the region. As for political issues we will deal with them within the framework of the law and press the authorities in Kyiv the way they deserve and it will be done with the help of those people who came out to the square today."
"The most important threat is that those people inside the building, according to the law enforcement agencies [have] several dozens of firearms which they captured at a security services building. That weapons must be handed back immediately in order not to threaten the lives of the residents in Donetsk."
"The most important threat is that those people inside the building, according to the law enforcement agencies [have] several dozens of firearms which they captured at a security services building. That weapons must be handed back immediately in order not to threaten the lives of the residents in Donetsk."
11:17
9.4.2014
And here she is....
10:20
9.4.2014
09:59
9.4.2014
From our news desk. One more victim of violent antigovernment protests in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, has died in hospital.
The Health Ministry said on April 9 that the death brings to 105 the number of deceased victims of the violence, while 98 others remain hospitalized.
According to the ministry, since February 18, when the stand-off between pro-EU protesters and security forces loyal to ousted President Viktor Yanukovych reached its highest point, 1,737 people have been injured, of whom 1,155 have been brought to hospitals.
The majority of injured and killed individuals were protesters.
The three-month-long protests on Kyiv's Independence Square (Maidan) ended in late February with the ouster of Yanukovych, who is currently out of Ukraine.
According to the ministry, since February 18, when the stand-off between pro-EU protesters and security forces loyal to ousted President Viktor Yanukovych reached its highest point, 1,737 people have been injured, of whom 1,155 have been brought to hospitals.
The majority of injured and killed individuals were protesters.
The three-month-long protests on Kyiv's Independence Square (Maidan) ended in late February with the ouster of Yanukovych, who is currently out of Ukraine.
09:44
9.4.2014
From our Brussels correspondent:
The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is recommending that the Russian delegation should have its voting right in the body suspended but stops short on throwing out the Russian delegation from PACE altogether.
The committee said on April 9 that Moscow should lose its voting rights until the end of the 2014 session, saying Russia's actions leading up to the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea are violations of international law.
It also states that “political dialogue should remain the most privileged way to find compromise, and there should be no return to the pattern of the Cold War.”
The document says that a suspension would make such a dialogue “impossible” and that PACE constitutes “a good platform for keeping the Russian delegation accountable on the basis of Council of Europe’s values and principles.”
Members of the assembly can still propose amendments to the text which will be voted on in Strasbourg on April 10.
The committee said on April 9 that Moscow should lose its voting rights until the end of the 2014 session, saying Russia's actions leading up to the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea are violations of international law.
It also states that “political dialogue should remain the most privileged way to find compromise, and there should be no return to the pattern of the Cold War.”
The document says that a suspension would make such a dialogue “impossible” and that PACE constitutes “a good platform for keeping the Russian delegation accountable on the basis of Council of Europe’s values and principles.”
Members of the assembly can still propose amendments to the text which will be voted on in Strasbourg on April 10.
09:41
9.4.2014
And some more Reuters video. This one shows pro-Russian protesters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk continuing to occupy the regional government building after building up their barricades with more tires and sandbags.
