The United Nations Security Council has failed to reach a consensus on the Ukraine crisis despite having met for the fifth time in 10 days on Monday.

Turkey urges canceling the referendum in Crimea, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on March 11. Ankara is doing everything possible to find ways to politically settle the situation in Crimea, he said.

The Crimean parliament has voted that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents vote to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum on Sunday.

U.S. President Barack Obama voiced support a week ago for Moldova’s European aspirations amid the West’s intense standoff with Russia over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday to support the formation of an international contact group that could lead to direct talks between the governments of Russia and Ukraine.

Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkić has arrived in Yerevan where he will confer with Armenian top officials over the next two days.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan agreed in a telephone conversation on Saturday that the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political unity of Ukraine shall be protected at all costs.

United States President Barack Obama will welcome Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Ukraine at the White House on Wednesday, the White House announced Sunday.

Both chambers of the Russian parliament will approve a motion to join the Russian Crimea. This is the first official sign that Moscow supports the actions of the new authorities of the Crimea, who announced Thursday peninsula

The EU unilaterally open European market for products and manufacturers in Ukraine. Brussels has also approved the decision to sign a political party association agreement with Kiev “in the near future”.