Tensions rise in Ukraine as "gas war" looms

Ukraine has given pro-Russian separatists a Monday morning deadline to disarm or face a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation" by its armed forces, raising the risk of a military confrontation with Moscow, as the conflict threatens to drag Europe into a “gas war”.

Rising tension: a pro-Russian gunman stands guard at a seized police station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk
Rising tension: a pro-Russian gunman stands guard at a seized police station in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk
Published 14 April 2014, 00:27Updated 11 October 2016, 16:11
Eastern Europe