BERLIN — Germany, France and Poland called on Monday for an international conference to be held on Ukraine and urged Russia to take part. The three countries' foreign ministers suggested it should be held after Ukraine holds presidential elections in May.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Poland, France, Germany call for Ukraine conference
Unidentified masked individuals hold a Russian flag as they block the Trade Union building in Simferopol, the administrative center of Crimea, on March 1, 2014. Russia's parliament on March 1 gave President Vladimir Putin the go-ahead to send troops into Ukraine, despite a warning from Washington that such a deployment would results in \"costs\" for Moscow. The stark escalation of the ex-Soviet country's three-month political crisis came amid growing instability in Ukraine's predominantly Russian peninsula of Crimea that has housed Kremlin navies for nearly 250 years. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV
