1.   Earlier this week, Ukraine demanded Russia close its consulate in the Crimean capital, accusing diplomats of illegally handling requests for Russian citizenship.

2.   Goldich was shot twice in the head by an unidentified assailant last Thursday in the Crimean capital Simferopol.

3.   It said the suspects were originally arrested in connection with an assault on a watchman at a theater in the Crimean capital, Simferopol.

4.   Leftist demonstrations with turnout of several thousand were also held in Kharkiv and Simferopol, the Crimean capital.

5.   National guardsmen manned checkpoints outside the Crimean capital on Tuesday and riot police patrolled the streets of six towns following riots by Crimean Tatars.

6.   Riot police dispersed thousands of Ukrainian teachers who blocked traffic in the Crimean capital on Monday to demand that the government pay their back wages.

7.   Special riot police have been patrolling Simferopol, the Crimean capital, and other towns with large Tatar populations since the weekend violence.

8.   Ukraine has demanded that Russia close its consulate in the Crimean capital, accusing diplomats Tuesday of illegally handling requests for Russian citizenship by residents of the secessionist region.

9.   In the Crimean capital Simferapol, water supplies are turned on only for a few hours each night.

10.   Twenty-nine Ukrainian armored personnel carriers conducted exercises in the Crimean capital Simferopol Sunday, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported.