Russia vowed to take "adequate response" to the expanded EU sanctions imposed on it over the Ukraine crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
The world on Thursday breathed a sigh of relief when the leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine eventually agreed to a much-anticipated cease- fire deal on the Ukraine crisis after intensive negotiations.
Marathon talks in Minsk have finally rekindled hope for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as four participating parties are involved in intense diplomacy to end the nearly one-year-old Ukraine crisis.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to use his upcoming summit with leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine to seek an end to the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko discussed situation in eastern Ukraine and the current talks on a cease-fire and peace deal during a call, the White House said Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that the Ukraine crisis had reinforced unity of the United States and its European allies, although he did not rule out the possibility of providing lethal weapons to the Ukrainian forces, an act opposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The conflict in Ukraine can only end if Kiev holds direct talks with representatives of the insurgents in the eastern region, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday.
The ongoing 51th Munich Security Conference has thrown a spotlight on the fact that the United States and its European allies are at odds over whether to send arms to Ukraine.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that Washington will further support Ukraine and called for Russian actions to find a peaceful solution to the Ukraine crisis.
With her scathing criticism of the U.S. proposal of providing Ukraine with arms still ringing in the ears, German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to Washington on Monday in a trip that is likely to be tinged with embarrassment and bitterness.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said leaders of Normandy quartet (Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine) have agreed to meet in Minsk next Wednesday, provided that certain positions are agreed upon by then, Interfax news agency reported Sunday.
"I'm European," French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday, seeking to play hardball to resolve crisis in Ukraine and Greece, Europe's two major headaches that risk to put the European bloc's security and financial stability on edge.
Russia is ready to host constructive negotiations with partners so as to achieve agreements for resolving the crisis in eastern Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Thursday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday said that he "remains gravely concerned over the situation in eastern Ukraine," and reiterated his call for "a sustainable ceasefire to take hold and for urgent diplomatic and political action."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed concern with the situation in eastern Ukraine and urged the conflicting parties to end military hostilities, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
The latest round of peace talks on Ukraine crisis on Saturday ended in the Belarusian capital of Minsk without an agreement.
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