Latest News: Ukraine & Russia: Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine’s northern border, a move that U.S. leaders said put Russia another step closer to what they said was the planned invasion of Ukraine. Residents of Ukraine’s capital filled a gold-domed cathedral to pray for peace. Meanwhile, President Putin will unilaterally declare that two chunks of Eastern Ukraine should be considered independent states in a dramatic escalation that many fear could lead to all-out war, the Kremlin has announced. In an address to his nation on Monday, the Russian president is set to formally recognize that the pro-Kremlin regions of Luhansk and Donetsk—which stretch over 6,500 miles—were no longer part of Ukraine.<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfTzPHKPSaE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfTzPHKPSaE</a>