Berlin -- Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany should press Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk to ensure that Ukrainian forces take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to civilians. Merkel and Yatseniuk are scheduled to meet in Berlin on Jan. 8, 2015.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Human Rights Watch: Civilians need greater protection
A upporter of self-proclamed People's Republic of Donetsk stands beside a fire damaged building in the vicinity of the airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Dec. 16, 2014.