KIEV: Ukraine accused Russia of shelling from across the border Friday, stepping up tensions as US Vice-President Joe Biden visited Kiev on the first anniversary of mass protests which triggered a year of turmoil.

On a frantic day of diplomacy, Ukraine's leaders also announced the formation of a five-party parliamentary coalition involving the groupings of President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and former premier Yulia Tymoshenko.

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