Foreign ministers from Russia, US, and key European states are holding talks in an attempt to diffuse the tension in Ukraine and bring an end to the military intervention in Crimea.
Despite increasingly aggressive rhetoric, there has not yet been a military escalation over Crimea and Ukraine, but as Putin takes the lead – where does this leave relations between Russia and the West?
Ukraine has issued an arrest warrant for former President Viktor Yanukovych for the “mass murder of peaceful citizens” just days after he fled Kiev and was ousted as president.
Foreign ministers from the European Union have agreed to impose sanctions on the Ukrainian officials that they believe are “responsible for violence and excessive force” in the ongoing clashes in Kiev.
An independent Scotland would find it “extremely difficult, if not impossible” to join the EU according to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.