Cameron offers more Typhoons for Nato air mission
Britain will offer another two Typhoon warplanes to patrol the skies of eastern Europe amid continuing tensions with Russia over the Ukraine cris, David Cameron has said.
Russia accuses West of wanting 'to control Ukraine'
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the West of trying to control Ukraine for "its own political ambitions".
"The West wants - and this is how it all began - to seize control of Ukraine because of their own political ambitions, not in the interests of the Ukrainian people," he said.
He said pro-Russian insurgents in the south east of the country would lay down their arms only if the Ukrainian government cleared the Maidan protest camp in the capital Kiev.
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EU foreign ministers add 13 to visa ban
European Union foreign ministers added 13 people to their visa ban and asset freeze list over Ukraine's crisis.
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So far, so predictable in Donetsk
Well that’s the voting over, and no surprises so far. A ‘Yes’ vote claimed to be 89% in Donetsk, and suddenly Ukraine is no more.
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Donetsk separatists: Majority in favour of self-rule
Nearly 90 percent of voters in eastern Ukrainian region voted for self-rule, the head of the separatist election commission said.