USA TODAY: The diplomatic focus aimed at resolving the crisis in Ukraine switched to Paris on Wednesday with Secretary of State John Kerry expected to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Kerry and Lavrov along with top diplomats from Ukraine and Britain are in the French capital for a planned conference on Lebanon and the Syrian refugee crisis, but events in Ukraine’s Crimea region are almost certain to overshadow those talks…
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to signal that he was holding off on a decision to take military action in Ukraine and the White House unveiled a $1 billion loan guarantee for Kiev aimed at helping it reduce its energy reliance on Russia… (more)
