Russia’s Foreign Minister says there will be no pause in operations in Ukraine, as Austria’s Chancellor becomes the first EU leader to meet Vladimir Putin since February.
Meanwhile, separatists backed by Russia admitted that the fighting had been tough, with Ukrainian troops battling hard.
Professor Michael Clarke says a shift from wintry weather to spring may hit Russia’s try to take hold of extra territory within the south and east of Ukraine.
Russian forces have withdrawn from the Kyiv house and will probably be redistributed to the Mariupol and Donbas house as soon as they have got recovered.
However with the elements warming up, makes an attempt to transport heavy apparatus like tanks round may turn out tricky beneath cushy flooring.