13:33
19.3.2014
Donations are being collected for the family of Reshat Ametov, the Crimean Tatar whose body was found last week near Simferopol with signs of torture. Ametov leaves behind a wife and three small children.
13:36
19.3.2014
Putin orders Crimea pensions raised to Russian levels http://t.co/goDJe2mVWh | @tvrain
â Russian Police Watch (@RusPoliceWatch) March 19, 2014
13:36
19.3.2014
RFE/RL Brussels correspondent Rikard Jozwiak quotes EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn on an EU decision to provide further aid to Ukraine.
"Today we adopted a proposal to provide Ukraine with a further 1 billion euros in micro-financial assistance (MFA) in addition to the already decided and available loan of MFA of 610 million euros," Rehn said.
"Today we adopted a proposal to provide Ukraine with a further 1 billion euros in micro-financial assistance (MFA) in addition to the already decided and available loan of MFA of 610 million euros," Rehn said.
13:38
19.3.2014
Reuters quotes from a Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council statement saying it has opened a session devoted to "the state of Ukraine's national security and measures to neutralize foreign and domestic political threats."
13:44
19.3.2014
Clips of Ukrainian troops who've set up camp near the Russian border.
13:45
19.3.2014
Acting Ukrainian Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh and First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema were barred from entering Crimea. The incident is being discussed at the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council's emergency session.
13:51
19.3.2014
AFP quotes British Prime Minister David Cameron as saying that G7 nations meeting next week "should be discussing whether or not to expel Russia permanently from the G8 if further steps are taken" by Moscow to destabilize Ukraine.
13:55
19.3.2014
Then again, they could change their minds well before then.
Ruble, hryvnia to stay legal tender in #Crimea simultaneously until Jan. 1, 2016 - @interfaxua reports, citing Bank of Crimea head.
â Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 19, 2014
14:06
19.3.2014
Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov says all Ukrainian military bases in Crimea, including weapons, are now the property of his self-proclaimed government.