Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish fighter jets had shot down a Syrian warplane which had violated its airspace on Sunday. Addressing his supporters at a rally on Sunday, Erdogan congratulated his air force on its actions on Sunday and

US Secretary of State John Kerry met one-on-one with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov while both were attending the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague. Kerry pushed for Lavrov to pursue a dialogue with the Ukrainian government, US Department of State Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said on Monday.

Ukraine has ordered the withdrawal of its armed forces from Crimea. Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov told the Parliament on Monday that the Ukrainian troops and their families