The United States on Monday announced sanctions against separatist areas in Ukraine recognized by Russia, shortly after a Russian decree recognizing Luhansk and Donetsk as independent areas. The US sanctions will “prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by US persons to, from, or in the so-called DNR and LNR regions ...
France on Monday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a decision on meeting US counterpart Joe Biden in a summit proposed by Paris to ease soaring tensions over Ukraine. “It is today possible to move towards a summit and to bring the interested parties together. Now it is ...