07:48
7.4.2014
07:54
7.4.2014
BREAKING: Ukraine's Defense Ministry says a Russian soldier has killed a Ukrainian naval officer in Crimea.
08:21
7.4.2014
Here's a little more detail from our news desk regarding Yatsenyuk's comments about the seizure of government buildings in eastern regions:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has accused Russia of being behind several seizures by protesters of regional government buildings in eastern Ukraine.
Yatsenyuk said at a government meeting in Kyiv today that "an anti-Ukrainian plan is being put into operation under which foreign troops will cross the border" and seize Ukrainian territory.
Yatsenyuk made his comments after pro-Russia activists who had broken into the state security headquarters in the city of Luhansk yesterday seized weapons today from the building's arsenal and set up barriers on a main street.
Police have shut down all entrances into Luhansk.
In Kharkiv, officials said the regional administrative building has been cleared of pro-Russia protesters who stormed the building yesterday.
Pro-Russia activists on also occupied a regional building in Donetsk yesterday.
Yatsenyuk said at a government meeting in Kyiv today that "an anti-Ukrainian plan is being put into operation under which foreign troops will cross the border" and seize Ukrainian territory.
Yatsenyuk made his comments after pro-Russia activists who had broken into the state security headquarters in the city of Luhansk yesterday seized weapons today from the building's arsenal and set up barriers on a main street.
Police have shut down all entrances into Luhansk.
In Kharkiv, officials said the regional administrative building has been cleared of pro-Russia protesters who stormed the building yesterday.
Pro-Russia activists on also occupied a regional building in Donetsk yesterday.
08:39
7.4.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports that the Ukrainian naval officer slain in Crimea was killed in his dormitory room. He was scheduled to return to mainland Ukraine on Wednesday. He leaves behind two children.
08:48
7.4.2014
The naval officer killed in Crimea was reportedly shot in the chest and eye.
08:53
7.4.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service is livestreaming pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian rallies in Kharkiv's city center.
09:02
7.4.2014
Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, is being accused of financing pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk.
09:10
7.4.2014
Right Sector and Automaidan activists have disrupted a congress of judges in Kyiv. There are rumors that pro-Russian judges will be appointed to the Constitutional Court during the congress.
09:34
7.4.2014
De pro-Russische demonstranten in Donetsk hebben autobanden, prikkeldraad en oude baboesjka's ingezet pic.twitter.com/vt5OYJHpti
— Olaf Koens (@obk) April 7, 2014
09:37
7.4.2014
Separatists who stormed the regional administration building in Donetsk have proclaimed the Donetsk People's Republic.