As the Russian Upper House has given its military a free hand with securing stability in Ukraine’s separatist republic of Crimea, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has called up all reserve forces and put the country on full combat alert. Our ource reports on the unfolding crisis. Follow our live news updates from the world’s flashpoint region.
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Member of Batkivshchyna faction in Verkhovna Rada and former deputy head of the Ukrainian Security Council Andriy Kozhemyakin believes that Verkhovna Rada may decide on introducing a state of emergency or martial law but hopes that the situation in Crimea will be resolved diplomatically through political efforts.
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Ukraine parliament holding urgent session behind closed doors
13:51
Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin speaking at a UN Security Council session on Ukraine on Saturday said that the settlement of the situation in that country requires a return to the February 21 agreements."
13:18
The refugees motivate their desire to stay in Russia by the ongoing rampage unleashed by the unruly ultra-right who seized power and think that they can get away with anything, he said.
13:17
Three Russian regions have reported increasing flows of refugees from Ukraine. Thousands of refugees from southern, eastern and central Ukraine are pouring into the Belgorod region, Belgorod Governor Yevgeny Savchenko said.
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"However, it was noted that the Russian side reserves the right to protect the lawful interests of citizens and servicemen deployed in the territory the Autonomous Republic of Crimea," the press service said.
12:53
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday during which he expressed interest in preserving stable and friendly relations with Ukraine, the Russian government press service says.
12:53
"It is extremely important today to hold consultations. We should settle the issue through consultations, not with the help of force or arms," Klitschko said.
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The party website reported on Saturday night that on 1+1 TV channel he said that Ukrainian politicians are trying to establish a constitutive dialogue with their Russian colleagues to resolve the situation. "It is extremely important today to hold consultations.
12:52
Leader of UDAR party Vitali Klitschko has called for bending efforts and doing everything possible for the conflict around Ukraine to end without bloodshed.
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Crimea-deployed Ukrainian military massively taking side of Crimean authorities
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Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin stresses Sevastopol /Crimea/ is home for the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
12:23
The Russian Duma deputy speaker, the deputy Secretary of the United Russia party general council, Sergei Zheleznyak, is due to take part in a march in central Moscow on Sunday, to support the fraternal people of Ukraine.
11:53
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has addressed the European Union, the United States and NATO to consider all possible mechanisms of protecting Ukraine's territorial integrity.
11:38
The sides discussed the developments in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.
11:37
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and British Foreign Secretary William Hague had a telephone conversation on Saturday at the initiative of the British side.
11:13
"The sides discussed the developments in Ukraine," the department added.
11:13
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had a telephone conversation on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry press service and information department said.
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Both sides pinpointed the need to prevent the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine.
10:56
In response to Obama's concerns over the possible use of Russian troops in Ukrainian territory, Putin said that Russia reserved the right to defend both its own interests and the interests of the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine if violence spread to Ukraine's eastern provinces and Crimea.
10:56
Putin reminded the US president of the crimes committed by Ukrainian ultranationalists at the connivance of the self-proclaimed new government in Kiev.
10:55
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Barack Obama discussed in detail "different aspects of an extraordinary situation in Ukraine" in a telephone conversation, the Kremlin press service reported on Sunday.
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Both sides stressed the need to prevent the further expansion of the crisis in Ukraine, the press service added.
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"Putin noted that in the event of escalation of violent actions with regard to the Russian-speaking population in eastern regions of Ukraine and Crimea Russia will be unable to remain an onlooker and will take necessary measures in the framework of international law," the report says.
10:53
President Vladimir Putin and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon discussed the critical situation in Ukraine during a telephone conversation.
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The defense ministry is reportedly calling up all its reserve troops who are due to come to enrollment offices on Sunday, March 2.
10:52
Ukraine has announced total mobilization, with Secretary of the National Security Council Andriy Parubiy declaring that the entire country will be put on full combat alert.
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