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News story: Ukraine - latest updates

Updated: Updated with Foreign Secretary statement

This page brings together the latest statements and articles from the government on the situation in Ukraine:

Foreign Office travel advice for Ukraine

17 April

Foreign Secretary welcomes progress made in Geneva on Ukraine

14 April

Foreign Secretary William Hague has confirmed further EU sanctions in response to events in Eastern Ukraine PM phone calls with Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande: 14 April 2014

13 April

FCO statement on latest tensions in Eastern Ukraine

8 April

The Foreign Secretary expressed grave concern about Crimea and recent events in the east of Ukraine

4 April

Foreign Secretary William Hague attended the informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Athens to discuss the situation in Ukraine

27 March

Foreign Secretary William Hague backs UN resolution to respect Ukrainian territorial integrity

26 March

William Hague welcomes deployment of OSCE monitoring mission but condemns Russia’s refusal to allow it access to Crimea

25 March

Foreign Secretary spoke to Acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk on 25 March

24 March

The leaders of the G7 made a joint statement on Ukraine following their meeting in The Hague

22 March

Russia faces global isolation: Foreign Secretary William Hague article in The Telegraph

Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to eastern Ukrainian regions Kharkiv, Donetsk and Lugansk

21 March

European Council March 2014: David Cameron’s press conference

UK government’s response to points made by President Putin in his address to the Russian Parliament on 17 March

19 March

The Prime Minister spoke to Chancellor Angela Merkel about the EU’s response to events in Ukraine

Statement by UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant to the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

18 March

PM’s statement about President Putin’s actions to attempt to annex Crimea

Foreign Secretary’s statement to Parliament about the referendum in Crimea and preparations for further EU sanctions on Russia

17 March

Foreign Secretary condemns Russia’s recognition of Crimea as a ‘sovereign state’

Adoption of EU sanctions against individuals in Russia and Crimea

Foreign Secretary William Hague: UK will not recognise the Crimea referendum as legal or legitimate

16 March

Crimea referendum should not convince anyone, says William Hague

15 March

UK responds to Russia’s Security Council veto on Ukraine resolution

14 March

Foreign Secretary says Russia must engage in dialogue over Ukraine

Foreign Secretary William Hague statement on the UK, US and Russia talks in London

12 March

Statement from G7 leaders calling on the Russian Federation to cease all efforts to change the status of Crimea

10 March

Emergency European Council on Ukraine: David Cameron’s statement PM and Chancellor Merkel discuss Ukraine at CeBIT Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the situation in Ukraine with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski

9 March

PM call with President Putin

8 March

PM phone calls with President Obama and PM Harper

6 March

EU meeting on Ukraine: David Cameron’s speech UK sends team to Kyiv to assist Ukrainian government with asset recovery The Prime Minister was in Brussels for an extraordinary meeting of EU heads of state or government on Ukraine. Listen to his words on arrival.

5 March

PM phone call with President Obama: 5 March 2014 Update on efforts to bring Russia and Ukraine into talks Joint statement by Foreign Ministers of UK, US and Ukraine on Budapest Memorandum Foreign Secretary sets out importance of diplomatic progress on Ukraine

4 March

Foreign Secretary William Hague statement to Parliament on the situation in Ukraine and the UK government’s response Statement by Ambassador Lyall Grant of the UK Mission to the UN, to the Security Council meeting on Ukraine

3 March

PM phone calls with Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande David Lidington comments on Ukraine at EU Foreign Ministers meeting Joint statement on Ukraine Statement by G7 finance ministers on economic support for Ukraine

2 March

PM phone call with President Obama: 2 March 2014 Statement on Ukraine: 2 March 2014 Foreign Secretary’s remarks to the media ahead of visit to Ukraine

1 March

PM statement on Ukraine: 1 March 2014 Foreign Secretary calls for de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine Statement by Ambassador Lyall Grant of the UK Mission to the UN, to the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine

28 February

PM call with President Putin: February 2014

25 February

PM phone call with Stephen Harper Foreign Secretary remarks to media on Ukraine

21 February

PM welcomes agreement in Ukraine

PM meeting with Prime Minister Mark Rutte

20 February

PM calls with President Putin and Prime Minister Donald Tusk

PM’s phone call with Chancellor Merkel to discuss Ukraine

19 February

PM statement on Ukraine Social media accounts to follow Twitter David Cameron @number10gov

Prime Minister

William Hague @WilliamJHague

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

David Lidington @DLidington

Minister of State for Europe

Simon Smith @SimonSmithFCO

British Ambassador to Ukraine

Sir Mark Lyall Grant @LyallGrant

UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN

UK Mission to the UN @UKUN_NewYork UK Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe @UKOSCE UK Permanent Representation to the EU @ukineu UK Joint Delegation to NATO @UKNATO Facebook William Hague Foreign Office British Embassy, Kyiv Email updates

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