NATO said Monday it will deploy AWACS reconnaissance aircraft to overfly Poland and Romania as part of alliance efforts to monitor the crisis in Ukraine. The flights “will enhance the Alliance’s situational awareness,” a NATO official said, adding: “All AWACS reconnaissance flights will take place solely over Alliance territory.”

EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton, will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the country. “I am returning to Sarajevo to meet the leaders of the institutions and civil society to hear their views about

US Secretary of State John Kerry says he will not hold any talks with Vladimir Putin until Moscow is ready to consider the US proposals for tackling the crisis in Ukraine.