The United States government said on Monday it will decide "in days" on additional sanctions if Russia does not take steps to implement an agreement to ease tensions in Ukraine.
Ukraine's prime minister voiced outrage at reports that masked men in east Ukraine's main city handed out leaflets demanding Jews register or be expelled, NBC News reported Saturday.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin warned that Ukraine is on the verge of civil war, the Kremlin said Wednesday, after the Kiev government sent in troops against pro-Moscow separatists in the east of the country.
There is no force solution to the situation in the southeast of Ukraine, presidential candidate, people's deputy Sergei Tigipko said on Saturday. Ukraine will hold early presidential election on May 25.
The leadership of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that the Ukrainian authorities are taking steps that are needed for starting to get the fund's assistance, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Saturday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia Saturday of "additional consequences" if it fails to pull its troops back from the Ukraine border, as Kiev accused Moscow of aggression in its restive east.
Ukrainian parliament-appointed Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has warned about "tough response actions" against those who have seized a police station in Slavyansk, the Donetsk
region.
Ex-Soviet countries fearing spillover from the Ukraine crisis have asked NATO for land forces and other backup, potentially moving the region one step closer to a new Cold War.
Group of 20 finance chiefs are expected to discuss financial aid to Ukraine at their meeting later this week, as the country is believed to be teetering on the brink of fiscal collapse, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday.
The rating of approval to work of incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin has reached a new historic maximum of 82.3 percent in Russia at the end of March, results of a sociological survey conducted by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM) suggested.
The Russian economy could shrink by up to 1.8 percent this year because of the effects of the crisis in Ukraine, the World Bank estimated on Wednesday.
The Russian flag is now flying over all the military facilities in Crimea, following Moscow's seizure of the region from Ukraine, Russia's top general said on Wednesday.
Tehran, YJC. Russian troops have taken over a Ukrainian marine base in the Crimean port of Feodosia as pro-Russians have been seizing Ukrainian military facilities for several days in the Black Sea peninsula.
Tehran, YJC. US President Barack Obama’s imposition of sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine is likely to rekindle a new Cold War, an analyst tells Press TV in an interview.
Tehran, YJC. A new opinion poll has revealed that the majority of Germans recognize the accession of Crimea to Russia. At the same time, most of them also view the West’s response as appropriate.
Tehran, YJC. US Congress Republicans are proposing to send military equipment to Ukraine, citing reports that Russian troops are amassing near the border with eastern Ukraine – an allegation that Russia has denied.