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Ukrainian acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) welcomes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden before their meeting in Kyiv today.
Ukrainian acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) welcomes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden before their meeting in Kyiv today.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

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Doesn't seem like Donetsk willing to budge much.
10:09 18.4.2014
From our news desk:

Ukraine's government has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the killings of more than 100 people during pro-European demonstrations on Kyiv's Independence Square in recent months.

The Hague-based court said on April 18 it had received a declaration from Ukraine stating that Kyiv accepts the ICC's jurisduction over alleged crimes committed between November 21, 2013, and February 22, 2014.

Ukraine signed the international treaty setting up the ICC in 2000 but has not yet ratified it.

Accepting the ICC's jurisdiction does not automatically mean an investigation will be launched. Prosecutors will now have to decide whether there is enough evidence to do so.

The ICC investigates the most serious international crimes, including genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

About 100 people were killed, most of them by sniper fire, on Kyiv's Independence Square between February 20-22.
10:08 18.4.2014
09:52 18.4.2014
Divided in Donetsk...
09:44 18.4.2014
Thousands attended a pro-Ukrainian rally the eastern city of Donetsk on April 17 despite security worries as armed separatists continued to occupy government buildings in the Donbas region. Activists addressing the rally said the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine's east did not need Moscow to protect them. Demonstrators unfurled a huge Ukrainian flag in Victory Park, sang the Ukrainian national anthem, and chanted, "Donbas is Ukraine!" (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
'We Don't Need Russia's Help' - Donetsk Residents Rally For Sovereign Ukraine
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09:26 18.4.2014
Russia's long history of masking its intentions:
08:40 18.4.2014
Not moving too quickly toward reconciliation in Donetsk:
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