Members of Parliament of the Svoboda party fight with Members of Parliament of the Communist party in the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday, during the debates focused on a law toughening responsibility for separatism. Ukraine’s acting president said also on Tuesday he would treat Russian separatists who have seized buildings in the east of the country as “terrorists” who will be prosecuted with the full force of the law. AFP PHOTO
MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday warned Kiev that any use of force in Ukraine’s east, where pro-Kremlin militants have seized government buildings in several cities, could tip the country into civil war.