Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (ARCHIVE)

U.S. Senator John McCain is visiting Ukraine:

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As Russian political rhetoric gets increasingly paranoid, expect Zhirinovsky to raise the bar...

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We are now closing the live blog for today. Until we resume again tomorrow morning, you can keep up with any Ukraine news updates here.

Here's an RFE/RL video report from Donetsk, which has been hit by fresh shelling:

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Fresh Shelling Hits Donetsk

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Yet another chucklesome tweet from a popular fake Putin account: