Ukraine asks U.N. Security Council to discuss Russian bid to recognize separatists

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS/KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has asked the United Nations Security Council to discuss on Thursday a bid by Russia's parliament to recognize self-proclaimed separatists in eastern…

Russian recognition of breakaway regions in Ukraine would be ‘attack without weapons’ -France

PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Tuesday that if Moscow recognised two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent it would be an "attack without weapons". Russia's…

Russian Duma takes its time over call for east Ukraine ‘independence’

By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - A proposal to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognise two breakaway east Ukraine regions as independent will not be ready for discussion by…

Ukraine war necessary if Russia recognises breakaway regions – pro-Kremlin MP

By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine would expect Russia's army to fight with them against Ukrainian government forces if Moscow follows through on a parliamentary…