Ukraine Unrest: Kerry and Lavrov fail to reach a deal

United States Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, have discussed ways to defuse the Ukraine crisis during their Paris  talks in which Mr Kerry made clear Washington still considered Russian actions in Crimea "illegal and illegitimate."

Lavrov reaffirmed Russia positions and her commitment to finding a diplomatic solution in Ukraine but had not agreed to move Russian troops from the Ukraine border.

Crimea War: Ukraine fires defense minister for losing the peninsular to Russia, replace him with Gen. Mykhaylo Koval,

The Ukraine defense minister, Igor Tenyukh, who was accused of being indecisive and slow to give orders to Ukrainian military units in Crimea, submitted his resignation to Ukrainian parliament Tuesday.

Russian troops humiliated the Ukrainian forces out of Crimea region. 

Ukrainian Army confront Russian forces on strip alongside Crimea, Putin sees no "Cold War" because of Ukraine

Ukraine's military scrambled aircraft and paratroops to confront Russian troops landing on a spit of land between Crimea and the mainland, defence officials said and the foreign ministry demanded their immediate withdrawal.

The border guard service said Ukrainian forces had taken up defensive positions on Arbatskaya Strelka, running parallel to the east of Crimea, now controlled by Russian forces.  It said about 60 Russian troops had landed on the strip and begun digging in, assisted by three armoured personnel carriers.

Ukraine crisis: Crimea peninsula turns to Russia

Ukraine's government appealed for Western help on Tuesday to stop Moscow annexing Crimea but the Black Sea peninsula, overrun by Russian troops, seemed fixed on a course that could formalise rule from Moscow within days.

With their own troops in Crimea effectively prisoners in their bases, the new authorities in Kiev painted a sorry picture of the military bequeathed them by the pro-Moscow president overthrown two weeks ago. They announced the raising of a new National Guard to be drawn from volunteers among veterans.