Ukraine 'verging on state of war'
Ukraine is practically in a state of war with Russia, it was claimed tonight as Moscow warned Russian-leaning eastern regions have plunged into lawlessness.
Russian forces have effectively taken control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in what has turned into Europe’s greatest crisis since the end of the Cold War. On Sunday the region is to hold a referendum on whether to split off and become part of Russia, which the West says it will not recognise.
