Eight or nine EU countries speak against the anti-Russia sanctions and their prolongation, a senior Russian lawmaker said.

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed a high level of violence in and around Donetsk airport. The SMM resumed monitoring activities at observation points west of Shyrokyne.

The Ukrainian president earlier said he was dissatisfied with the state of fortifications in the Kiev-government-controlled part of the Donetsk region

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed a high level of violence in and around Donetsk airport. SMM UAVs spotted large concentrations of military hardware in “DPR”-controlled areas.

By signing the EU Association Agreement and a bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), "Ukraine effectively forfeited its sovereignty, handing over to foreign governments the power to write its own laws," a US journal warned.

The constitutional reform and decentralization of power are one of the points of a peace agreement signed in Minsk on February 12

Kiev sealed the Lugansk Region due to intensified fighting.

US-Ukraine military drills are currently being conducted in west Ukraine's Lviv region

Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company leaves large-scale shale gas exploration projects in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions due to issues beyond its control following shale gas drilling suspension in July 2014.

Sauli Niinisto has discussed his upcoming trip to Russia with European Union leaders and garnered their support

With the Ukrainian economy in a tailspin, ordinary Ukrainians now face the unnerving reality of having to pay “new European prices” while getting their “old Ukrainian salaries,” a German newspaper wrote.