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About 1300 servicemen from 15 states including the US and other NATO member sates begin military drills not far from Lviv.
The last part of the sanctions imposed on Russia will be lifted if Moscow sticks to the ceasefire agreements reached in Minsk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a phone conversation on Monday.
People in western Ukraine kneel in front of the catafalque transporting soldiers’ bodies (video).
About 8 more thousands were wounded in Ukraine, according to Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.
The man was heading for Rostov-on-Don from Donetsk.
President Barrack Obama says the United States follows the European Union with a new set of sanctions against Russia over Ukraine.
Andrey Belousov thinks embargo is possible, but hopes that "common sense will prevail" and "antisanctions" will not be needed.
Ambassadors from all 28 EU countries agree on a new package of sanctions.
