German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan agreed in a telephone conversation on Saturday that the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political unity of Ukraine shall be protected at all costs.

United States President Barack Obama will welcome Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Ukraine at the White House on Wednesday, the White House announced Sunday.

Both chambers of the Russian parliament will approve a motion to join the Russian Crimea. This is the first official sign that Moscow supports the actions of the new authorities of the Crimea, who announced Thursday peninsula