BASEL, Switzerland: The Ukraine crisis was to take center stage on Thursday at a meeting of top diplomats from OSCE nations after US President Barack Obama said Moscow was unlikely to shift its stance until sanctions really hurt.

Europe's top diplomat Federica Mogherini called for a "strong political signal" on the crisis that has resisted multiple peace efforts and plunged East-West relations to their lowest point since the end of the Cold War.

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