Scores killed as Ukraine minister threatens to cut Russia ties:
Ukraine's foreign minister threatened Russia with severing diplomatic relations on Sunday as scores of people were reported killed in days of Ukrainian government airstrikes near the eastern city of Kramatorsk. Ref. Source 3?
Russia deployed more troops to Ukraine border to ensure security - Kremlin:
President Putin ordered increased security on the Russian-Ukrainian border a few weeks ago, and so Moscow is surprised by allegations about the concentration of Russian troops on its frontiers, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. Ref. Source 3
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday asked lawmakers in his country to cancel an authorization over the use of military force in Ukraine, according to Russian news agencies. Ref. USAToday
Kiev Is Starting a War to Avoid a Revolution: Op-Ed:
Despite its peaceful declarations, Kiev is gradually transitioning from massacring civilians and bombing Donbas cities to direct provocations on the Russian border and attacks on diplomatic missions of the Russian Federation. Ref. Source 8
Putin vows to protect ethnic Russians abroad after Ukraine truce expires:
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, after Kiev renewed military operations against pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, that Moscow would continue to defend the interests of ethnic Russians abroad. Ref. Source 1
Ukraine deliberately shells Russian territory: Moscow:
"Unidentified Ukrainian armed force personnel, National Guards and the Ukrainian ultra-nationalist group Right Sector shelled the town of Donetsk from the Ukrainian territory," Interfax news agency quoted the committee spokesman Vladimir Markin as saying. Ref. Source 7