This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27072351
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Deal struck to calm Ukraine crisis, US and Russia say | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| Russia's foreign minister and the US secretary of state have said that all sides have agreed to steps to "de-escalate" the crisis in Ukraine. | |
| Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry spoke at separate news conferences at the end of the talks between Russia, Ukraine, the EU and US in the Swiss city of Geneva. | |
| Analysts say the outline agreement could stay economic sanctions the West was preparing to impose on Russia. | |
| Ukraine has been in crisis since the toppling of its pro-Moscow president. | |
| This was followed by the seizing of government buildings in eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian separatists opposed to the new order in the capital Kiev. | |
| Mr Lavrov and Mr Kerry said there was agreement that all illegal military formations in Ukraine must be dissolved, and that everyone occupying buildings must be disarmed and leave them. | |
| They added that there would be an amnesty for all anti-government protesters under the agreement. | |
| Mr Lavrov said the crisis must be settled by Ukrainians themselves and there must be long-term constitutional reforms. | |
| Mr Kerry said the extent of the crisis had been highlighted in recent days by the "grotesque" sending of notices to Jews in eastern Ukraine, demanding that they identify themselves as Jewish. |