March, 2014

• 5 March

  Ukraine FM intends to resolve the crisis peacefully

  Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia sounded a conciliatory tone towards Russia, saying he wanted to resolve their impasse “peacefully.”

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• 5 March

  Syrian jets airstrike near Lebanese border

  Syrian warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes near a Lebanese border town on Wednesday, officials said, the latest spillover of Syria’s civil war into its neighbour. Lebanese state media said at least three strikes hit near the town of Arsal in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa valley, 12 km

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• 4 March

  Putin says no need to use military force for now

  President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia saw no need to use military force in the Crimea region of Ukraine for now, in remarks apparently intended to ease East-West tension over fears of war in the former Soviet

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• 4 March

  Putin cancels military exercises

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow reserves the right to use all means to protect Russians in Ukraine as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was on his way to Kiev. Tensions remained high in the strategic Ukrainian

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• 3 March

  Putin agrees to Merkel’s proposal to form contact group on Ukraine

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a proposal from German Chancellor Angela Merkel to set up a contact group on Ukraine, the German government said. “President Putin accepted the German chancellor’s proposal to immediately establish a mission of inquiry as well as a contact group, possibly under the

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• 3 March

  Kerry to visit Ukraine

  The United States on March 2 said it will send its top diplomat to Kiev in a show of support and threatened economic sanctions against Russia but made clear it is not seriously considering military action over Ukraine. 

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• 3 March

  Obama calls on Putin to pull back forces

  United States President Barack Obama has warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin against violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and asked him to pull the forces back to their bases in Crimea. In a 90-minute phone call, Obama expressed “deep concern” over Russia’s “violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity” and asked …

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• 3 March

  EU leaders condemns Russian military moves

  European leaders lashed out at Russia on Saturday, as Moscow moved to deploy troops in Ukraine’s pro-Russian region of Crimea. A range of EU officials — from Britain and Finland to Germany, France and Spain, expressing alarm over Moscow’s military plans.

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• 3 March

  Russian troops take over easternmost terminal of Crimea

  Russian troops took a ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of Crimea near Russia, Monday, exacerbating fears that Moscow is planning to bring more troops in the strategic region of the Black Sea. Confiscation terminal in the Ukrainian city of Kerch about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the boat to …

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• 3 March

  France calls for political solution in Ukraine

  French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday called for a political solution to the ongoing tension in Ukraine, the Crimea as the epicenter. “France is deeply concerned by reports of the Crimea, which demonstrate significant movements of the armed forces,” Fabius said in a statement.

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