U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday reaffirmed steadfast American commitment to NATO's collective defense amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the White House said.
Ukrainian authorities should start talks on the state system in southeastern regions of the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday called on militia in southeastern Ukraine to open a humanitarian corridor for encircled Ukrainian servicemen.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Thursday that the European Union will discuss further sanctions against Russia on its special summit in Brussels on Saturday, according to a statement of the German government.
Heads of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, the three states of the Customs Union (CU), plus Ukraine and representatives from the European Union (EU) met here Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis and economic cooperation.
Russia is sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine in collaboration with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, President Vladimir Putin told on Monday.
Two aircraft carrying remains of victims of MH17 that crashed on July 17 in eastern Ukraine landed Wednesday at Eindhoven Airport, where a group of heartbroken families are waiting.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine's conflict zone as well as negotiations between the conflicting parties, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The European Union (EU) will introduce a package of further sanctions over Ukraine situation on Thursday, EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian rebels cleared the departure on Tuesday of a train loaded with remains of victims in crashed Malaysia Airlines MH 17 while handing over to Malaysian experts black boxes of the flight allegedly shot down in rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed on telephone on Sunday the situation in eastern Ukraine and the inquiry into the Malaysian airliner crash.
Amid growing calls for a fresh ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the country's president told U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Thursday that both Russia and the separatists were rejecting his efforts in this regard.
The Obama administration on Wednesday threw its weight behind Ukraine's decision to end a ceasefire and resume military operations against the insurgents in the country's east.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation Saturday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. to cast influence on Ukraine and help halt the violence there.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government Wednesday to formulate measures that will keep the proposed gas discount to Ukraine for a certain period of time.
The United States said on Monday that it was hoping for "significant progress" this week in ending the ongoing attacks in eastern Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that the Ukrainians should have their own choices freely without interference from the outside.
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