Germany's Angela Merkel warned on Saturday that sending arms to help Ukraine fight pro-Russian separatists would not solve the crisis there, drawing a sharp rebuke from a leading U.S. senator who accused Berlin of turning its back on an ally in distress.

• Date: 07.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 07.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

NATO and Russia failed to narrow their differences over the Ukraine crisis in talks on Saturday but agreed they would keep talking to each other.

• Date: 07.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 07.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

European defense officials warned on Friday that arming Ukraine in its fight against pro-Russian separatists would only inflame the conflict, but were told by NATO's top soldier, an American general, that the West should consider using "all tools" if diplomacy with Moscow wasn't working.

• Date: 06.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 06.02.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

NATO's top military commander, U.S. General Philip Breedlove, said on Friday the West should be ready to use "all tools in the tool bag" to help Ukraine fight pro-Russian separatists, though he did not specify if that should include arming Kiev.

• Date: 06.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 06.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

European Union governments have agreed on a list of new entities and Russian and pro-Moscow Ukrainian individuals who will suffer sanctions in the bloc, diplomats said on Thursday.

• Date: 05.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 05.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

Moscow would see any decision by the United States to give Ukraine lethal weapons as a threat to Russia's security, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.

• Date: 05.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 05.02.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

NATO defense ministers agreed on Thursday to set up a network of command centers in eastern Europe and more than double the size of its rapid reaction force to better protect the region in the event of any threat from Russia.

• Date: 05.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 05.02.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/

France will not for the moment deliver weapons to Ukraine for its fight with pro-Russian separatists, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday.

• Date: 04.02.2015  |  Published on EGF: 04.02.2015  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com/