As rhetoric over the deaths of five pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine turned ever more belligerent Friday, the leaders of the G-7 countries announced fresh sanctions against Moscow — intensifying a strategy that has so far proven unsuccessful in de-escalating tensions in the region.
Al Jazeera America: Fresh sanctions for Russia, as war of words with Ukraine intensifies
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says pro-Russian armed groups in the southeast would lay down their arms only if the Ukrainian government clears out the Maidan protest camp in Kyiv.
