Ukrainian forces struck at pro-Russian separatist bases in eastern regions with air and artillery strikes on Tuesday after President Petro Poroshenko announced he would not renew a ceasefire but go on the offensive to rid Ukraine of "parasites".

• Date: 01.07.2014  |  Published on EGF: 01.07.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko urged President Vladimir Putin on Sunday to strengthen Russian control over its borders to prevent militants and arms entering Ukraine after violence broke a truce there.

• Date: 30.06.2014  |  Published on EGF: 30.06.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Russia on Thursday to disarm separatists in Ukraine within "the next hours" as the European Union prepared to discuss deeper sanctions against Moscow.

• Date: 26.06.2014  |  Published on EGF: 26.06.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The head of NATO said on Wednesday he saw no sign that Russia was respecting its international commitments over Ukraine as Britain warned Moscow it could face tougher European Union sanctions unless it acted to stop fighting in eastern Ukraine.

• Date: 25.06.2014  |  Published on EGF: 25.06.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian government forces accused pro-Russian separatists of firing on Ukrainian military checkpoints in several parts of the east on Monday night despite a ceasefire declared by the rebels.

• Date: 24.06.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.06.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Baltic leaders said on Saturday they would back further sanctions against Russia at a European Union summit next week unless there was a de-escalation in eastern Ukraine where Kiev is trying to quell a pro-Russian insurgency.

• Date: 23.06.2014  |  Published on EGF: 23.06.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Pro-Russian separatists attacked Ukrainian posts on the border with Russia and a military base, and tried to storm an airforce base overnight into Saturday, government forces said, putting a Ukrainian unilateral ceasefire under pressure.

• Date: 21.06.2014  |  Published on EGF: 21.06.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

After a late-night telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday set out proposals for a peace plan for eastern Ukraine involving a unilateral ceasefire by government forces.

• Date: 18.06.2014  |  Published on EGF: 18.06.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/