Russian Foreign Ministry: Announcement by Kiev govt to mobilise the army against a rebellion in Ukraine's eastern cities is a "criminal order"; Seeking emergency meeting of UN Security Council
- Says: "It is now the West's responsibility to prevent civil war in Ukraine... The situation in southeastern Ukraine is taking on an extremely dangerous character. The authorities in Kiev, who put themselves in power as a result of a coup d'etat, have set a course to use force to put down popular protests."
- Follow-up: Russian press reporting UN Security Council will meet at 20:00ET on Ukraine crisis