The world watches as Russia escalates the conflict and defies international peace with this violence. Stocks fell hard upon the open of trading on Monday in response to the crisis, with Secretary of State Kerry on route to Kiev.
US Vice President Biden urges Russian pullback from #Ukraine in phone call to PM Medvedev http://t.co/KwKmT5S4BS
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 3, 2014