NATO chief urges Russia not to exacerbate conflict in Ukraine

FXStreet (Łódź) - Following Russian president Vladimir Putin's order to put the military at combat readiness, including fighter jets, along the Ukraine border, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Moscow today on his twitter account to avoid any action which could “escalate tension or create misunderstanding."

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry summoned on Thursday Russian charge d’affairs in Kiev Andrey Vorobiev and passed him a letter requesting that Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean port of Sevastopol remain on base.

Meanwhile, it was reported that Ukraine's ousted president Viktor Yanukovych was spotted in Moscow and he is now allegedly staying a Kremlin luxurious sanatorium outside the city.