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Russia "seems to keep intervention option open"

LONDON -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says that Russia has resumed military buildup on the Ukrainian border, which he called a regrettable development.

"At least 356 dead in Ukraine clashes so far"

MOSCOW -- At 365 persons, 257 of them civilians, have died since the beginning of military operations Ukrainian authorities launched in Lugansk and Donetsk.

RT.com quoted United Nations data to report that 14 children are among the dead.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced that Ukrainian special forces fighting rebels in the east are to halt their attacks, according to his peace plan.

He said that the "unilateral ceasefire" is the first part of his initiative, which "must draw support from all participants in the Donbass events".

Ukrainian officials are due to discuss whether to introduce of martial law in the Donbass region and to seal the border with Russia.

The country's Defense Minister Mykhailo Koval was quoted by Deutsche Welle as saying the options would top the agenda of the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine which is to be held Monday.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered the creation of humanitarian corridors for civilians to flee areas of the east hit by conflict.

In a statement, quoted by BBC, the presidency said ministers had been ordered to set up "all necessary conditions for civilians who want to leave".

The Ukrainian law enforces have resumed artillery strikes on Slaviansk and adjoining settlements on Monday morning, according to international media reports.

The presidents of the US Congress Group of Friendship with Romania (the Congressional Romania Caucus) and the Pro-America Group of the Romanian Parliament adopted on Tuesday a common declaration welcoming the presidential election in Ukraine and strongly disapproving the aggression of the Russian Federation against this country by the annexation of Crimea and the destabilization of southern and

At least 5 people have died and 13 have been wounded during clashes between pro-Russian militants and Ukrainian border guards near the city of Luhansk on Monday.

Over 20 Ukrainian army personnel have been killed during the special operation in the east of the country, Ukraine's acting Defense Minister Mykhailo Koval said.

According to Minister Koval, the standoff has claimed the lives of two helicopter crews, and several paratroopers, Russian Ria Novosti informs.

Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko vowed to punish pro-Russian rebels who downed an army helicopter in the east of the country, killing 12 troops in one of the deadliest attacks of the insurgency.