11:40
8.4.2014
Our Russian Service correspondent Yelena Fainalova has this colorful photogallery of rival pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian rallies in the streets of Kharkiv.
Корреспондент Радио Свобода Елена Фанайлова фотографировала участников Майдана и Антимайдана в центре Харькова http://t.co/WkqsdPSR44
— Радио Свобода (@SvobodaRadio) April 8, 2014
11:59
8.4.2014
OSCE representative (.@OSCE_RFoM) deeply concerned about deteriorating media freedom situation in eastern Ukraine http://t.co/vKUUrC0xCp
— OSCE (@OSCE) April 8, 2014
12:00
8.4.2014
Ukraine's parliament has passed a bill increasing the punishment for high treason and crimes against the country's territorial integrity. Under the bill, separatist activities can be punished by jail terms between 10 and 15 years or life in prison.
12:23
8.4.2014
"Donbas is Ukraine." Ukraine's richest man, Donbas native Rinat Akhmetov, recounts his expletive-laden talks with pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk. Akhmetov, whom some accuse of funding the separatism movement in Ukraine's eastern region, has acted as an intermediary between Donetsk separatists and authorities in Kyiv.
12:33
8.4.2014
12:37
8.4.2014
Huge different to being here and on Maidan - there they thought all journos for them, here they think all journos are against them. #Donetsk
— GrahamWPhillips (@GrahamWP_UK) April 8, 2014
12:50
8.4.2014
Pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk have put forward their first demands -- hold a referendum on the Luhansk region's secession from Ukraine, organize a meeting with the regional governor, amnesty all law-enforcement officers involved in the crackdown on Maidan protests.
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
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
13:23
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