Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine -- Up to 2,000 people gathered near the Kryvyi Rih City Council building on April 19 to support Ukrainian unity. The city is located some 400 kilometers from the capital Kyiv in southeastern Ukraine. People carrying Ukrainian flags and banners reading “Kryvyi Rih is my city” shouted “Putin, get out!”

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“@EvgenyFeldman: Ляписы в Праге pic.twitter.com/AXIaS7zodE” Скоро их будут считать украинской, а не белорусской группой)

— Павел Шеремет (@pavelsheremet) April 19, 2014

Banner at Shaktar Donetsk match says "One United Ukrainian Team" pic.twitter.com/tglB2WC65n

— Kevin Bishop (@bishopk) April 19, 2014

Small crowd in the end here in #Kramatorsk,despite hopes for more.Get the sense people are pretty exhausted. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/UVAAHoMOmw

— GrahamWPhillips (@GrahamWP_UK) April 19, 2014

6000 Ukrainians march in Krivoi Rog in support of unity. First time I have seen fotos from here pic.twitter.com/g5enqtoG9q

— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) April 19, 2014

Ukraine is evacuating its warships from Crimea following the peninsula's annexation by Russia last month.

The office of Ukrainian acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said today that the country's vessels, including the "Kirovohrad" landing ship, the "Vinnytsya" corvette, and the "Zolotonosha" floating base are heading to a naval base in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa.

Ukraine is also withdrawing the rest of its military hardware, including military helicopters, from Crimea. (Via RFE/RL's news desk)

Thousands rally for a unified #Ukraine in Kryvyi Rih http://t.co/KtBtnxcyAt

— KyivPost (@KyivPost) April 19, 2014

Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine – info provided up until 18 April 2014, 20:00 (Kyiv time) https://t.co/2nCUdgPtE5

— OSCE (@OSCE) April 19, 2014

Ukraine's Foreign Minister says operations against insurgents in the country's Russian-leaning east have been suspended over Easter.

Andriy Deshchytsia told the BBC today that Ukrainian forces would resume military action after the Easter break if the separatists continued to occupy government buildings.

The Ukrainian interim government, which came to power after antigovernment protests ousted Russia-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych, launched military operations against pro-Moscow groups in eastern regions this week.

Militants have seized government buildings in a dozen cities since April 6.

On April 18, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov and acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk called on the insurgents to vacate official buildings.

They pledged amnesty to all militants who leave the buildings, except those guilty of capital offenses.

In a surreal twist, baby rabbits and chicks have appeared in Donetsk Hotel lobby pic.twitter.com/NKIuFNuWoa

— Kevin Bishop (@bishopk) April 19, 2014