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G8 – and then there were 7
Today’s gathering of world leaders in the Hague to discuss nuclear safety will have an impromptu G7 gathering on its margins and it’s expected to suspend Russia from the club.
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Reports of death and injury on both sides as Ukraine’s security forces attempt to take back buildings in the east of the country which have been occupied by pro-Russian gunmen.
Ukraine’s interior minister Arsen Avakov says attacks by pro-Russian armed gunmen in cities across eastern Ukraine are an “act of aggression” by Russia, and Ukraine’s defence units are responding.
Russia says images of its military hardware at the Ukrainian border are from last year, and accuses Nato of using the Ukraine crisis to “rally the troops.”
Britain accuses Russia of trying to “destabilise” Ukraine ahead of national elections, following the seizure of regional government buildings in eastern Ukraine.
Philip Hammond says Russia could face further sanctions as the country’s leaders hit back at the west for targeting individual citizens.
Boxer-turned-politician Vitali Klitschko has called on his supporters to back chocolate magnate Petro Poroshenko against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Today’s gathering of world leaders in the Hague to discuss nuclear safety will have an impromptu G7 gathering on its margins and it’s expected to suspend Russia from the club.
The truth is the bulk of EU countries didn’t have the appetite to risk their own economic well-being in punishing Russia. And we are still in phase two of a three phase process.
As EU leaders decide their response to the situation in Ukraine, does “getting inside the head” of Vladimir Putin offer any hope of securing peace?
MPs in southern Ukraine decide to hold a referendum in 10 days’ time on whether Crimea should become part of Russia – an official in Kiev brands the move “unconstitutional”.
US and EU diplomacy to end the Ukraine crisis is being undermined by the lack of appetite among some countries for any course of action that might influence Russia’s next moves.
The next two days see a Nato meeting, a meeting of foreign ministers, and an EU gathering. Will countries with widely differing agendas on Ukraine be able to find a way forward?
Live updates from Channel 4 News and our team of journalists on the ground in Ukraine as a revolution in the former Soviet country sparks the threat of war with Russia.
Russia’s defence ministry dismisses claims that it had threatened Ukrainian troops in Crimea with a “real assault” if they did not surrender by the early hours of Tuesday morning as “utter nonsense”.
The escalating crisis in Crimea has set a number of western powers against Russia in a battle of words that includes threats of “costs” and allegations of illegal behaviour.