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Voting in Crimean referendum starts even as Ukraine government declares it illegitimate

March 16, 2014March 17, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Balloting began at 8am on March 16 2014 in a Crimean referendum that asks peninsula voters whether they want to

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Yanukovych: ‘I will return to Kyiv’

March 11, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

The following is a live translation of overthrown Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych’s press conference in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on March 11.

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Yatseniuk: Ukraine to sign deal with EU within weeks

March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine will sign the political part of an association agreement with European Union within the next few weeks, according to

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Estonian foreign minister, in leaked phone call, raises suspicions about Ukraine’s new government and sniper killings

March 5, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

A leaked conversation between Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton relays explosive suspicions

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Ukraine – EU’s long-awaited $15 billion package may add to government’s austerity programme

March 5, 2014 The Kyiv Post European Commission, Ukraine

The European Union has promised $15 billion of financial help to Ukraine as the nation tightens its belt amid a

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Putin doesn’t rule out deeper military intervention in Ukraine

March 4, 2014March 4, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a press conference in Moscow today, didn’t rule out further military intervention in Ukraine to

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Even as latest ultimatum passes on March 4, fear of Russian attack remains

March 4, 2014March 5, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

After blocking Ukrainian military bases in Crimea on March 2, Russia issued ultimatums to the Ukrainian army on March 3

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Reports: Yanukovych is in Russia, overthrown Ukraine president vows to ‘fight to the end’

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Viktor Yanukovych has made an address to the people of Ukraine to declare that he still considers himself the legitimately

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Two killed, 30 injured as armed men storm government buildings in Crimea

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s acting interior minister Arsen Avakov put police and security forces on alert after buildings of the Crimean parliament and

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