Ukraine

Russia seized Crimea in a move that Ukraine and most of the world views as illegal.

Ukraine insisted its vessels abided by maritime laws.

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's foreign minister is promising a firm response if any of Russia's citizens or interests come under attack in Ukraine.
The warning came after Ukraine announced a resumption of what it calls an "anti-terror" campaign against pro-Russian …

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Army troops are arriving in Poland to begin what will be a series of military exercises in four countries across Eastern Europe in a move to bolster allies in the wake of Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula last month...

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's acting president is ordering security forces to resume operations in the country's east, and the Defense Ministry says a military aircraft was struck by gunfire over one of the tensest cities in the region...

HORLIVKA, UKRAINE (AP) — Ukraine's acting president (Oleksandr Turchynov) has called for the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping troops in the east of the country, where pro-Russian insurgents have occupied buildings in nearly 10 cities...

"My sense is that everybody needs to sit down and talk through it," says Mark Wall, guest UW scholar.