Germany's foreign minister hinted at further sanctions on Russia on Monday, saying the European Union would have to react if pro-Russian separatists launched a broad offensive on the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.

• Date: 26.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 26.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Senior figures in the European Union brandished a threat of new sanctions against Russia over the weekend violence in eastern Ukraine, with one blasting what he called "appeasement" of Moscow.

• Date: 25.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 25.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed on Friday what he said were Kiev's "criminal orders" for a surge in fighting in east Ukraine in which civilians have been killed.

• Date: 23.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 23.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

NATO has detected signs of heightened Russian involvement in fighting in parts of eastern Ukraine, the alliance's top military commander said on Thursday.

• Date: 22.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 22.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

India and Russia have agreed to speed work on a fifth-generation military aircraft, Indian officials said on Thursday, in a vote of confidence in an old defense partner days before U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to advance ties.

• Date: 22.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 22.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Germany's Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she hoped a new round of talks with Ukraine and Russia in Berlin could help implement an elusive ceasefire in eastern Ukraine but warned against expecting too much, given another upsurge in the violence.

• Date: 21.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukraine on Tuesday accused pro-Russian separatists of taking advantage of a ceasefire deal signed last September to seize more territory in the east and said Kiev would demand its return in any future peace talks.

• Date: 20.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 20.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

European Union foreign ministers said on Monday there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals from the EU's foreign policy chief as violence intensified in eastern Ukraine.

• Date: 19.01.2015  |  Published on EGF: 19.01.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/