Waving the Russian flag and chanting "Russia! Russia!", protesters in Crimea have become the last major bastion of resistance to Ukraine's new rulers.

• Date: 27.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 27.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Britain will pay attention to Russian military activities and opposes outside interference in Ukraine, the British defense secretary said on Wednesday after Moscow ordered an urgent drill to test its armed forces across western Russia.

• Date: 26.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 26.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Fugitive Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, ousted after bloody street protests in which demonstrators were shot by police snipers, is wanted on an arrest warrant for mass murder, authorities announced on Monday.

• Date: 24.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 24.02.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Fresh fighting broke out in central Kiev on Thursday, shattering a truce declared by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, as the Russian-backed leader met European ministers demanding he compromise with pro-EU opponents.

• Date: 20.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 20.02.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

The European Union moved quickly on Wednesday towards agreeing sanctions on officials who used excessive force during Ukraine protests that killed at least 25 people.

• Date: 19.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich accused pro-European opposition leaders on Wednesday of trying to seize power by force after at least 26 people died in the worst violence since the former Soviet republic gained independence.

• Date: 19.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 19.02.2014  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Russia denounced on Wednesday a Western-Arab draft U.N. Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid access in Syria as a bid to lay the groundwork for military strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.

• Date: 13.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 13.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi scrambled to keep diplomacy alive on Wednesday, bringing forward to Thursday a meeting with senior U.S. and Russian officials backing opposing sides in Syria's war.

• Date: 12.02.2014  |  Published on EGF: 12.02.2014  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/