Escalating clashes between pro-Kremlin separatists and Ukrainian forces on Sunday killed 12 civilians and forced the new Western-backed leader to cancel a pivotal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the World Cup in Brazil. An explosive security crisis on the eastern edge of the European Union that has claimed more than 550 lives and enflamed East-West relations has since Friday threatened to spiral into an all-out civil war.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Agence France-Presse: Ukraine clashes kill 12 civilians, nix Putin talks
Escalating clashes between pro-Kremlin separatists and Ukrainian forces on Sunday reportedly killed 12 civilians.
