A Russian-backed separatist official in eastern Ukraine accused Ukrainian saboteurs on Tuesday of detonating a mine on a road in the breakaway region that killed three civilians.
President Vladimir Putin said Russia would decide on Monday whether or not to recognise two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent
Russia will "respond" if Russian citizens start being killed anywhere, including in Ukraine's rebel Donbass region, Russia's RIA news agency quoted Russian envoy to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov
Russia and Ukraine said they had failed to reach any breakthrough in a day of talks with French and German officials aimed at ending an eight-year separatist conflict in eastern