President Poroshenko says peacekeepers can't be an "escort service":
Canadian Foreign Minister Freeland on Ottawa's support for Ukraine:
Polish Foreign Minister Czaputowicz says Ukraine is a "natural ally":
Stats on the average Ukrainian salary:
The Normandy Format meeting scheduled to be held today was canceled:
Kyiv Mayor Klitschko and U.S. Envoy Kurt Volker in Munich:
Interesting statement from the EU head in Munich:
British Prime Minister Theresa May talking about the U.K.'s foreign policy -- and mentions Ukraine and Russia -- after Brexit in an address at the annual Munich Security Conference.
"So as we leave the EU and forge a new path for ourselves in the world, the U.K. is just as committed to Europe security in the future as we have been in the past. Europe's security is our security and that is why I've said and I say again today: that the United Kingdom is unconditionally committed to maintaining it."
"As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, as a leading contributor to NATO, and as America's closest partner we have never defined our global outlook primarily through our membership of the European Union or by a collective European foreign policy. So upon leaving the EU it is right that the U.K. will pursue an independent foreign policy, but around the world the interest that we will seek to protect and defend will continue to be rooted in our shared values. That is true, whether fighting the ideologies of Daesh, developing a new global approach to migration, insuring the Iranian nuclear deal is properly pleased, or standing up to Russia's hostile actions whether in Ukraine, in the Western Balkans, or in cyberspace."
"Last year's NotPetya cyberattack showed what we also need to work closely to defend our interests in cyberspace. This reckless attack, which the U.K. and partners have attributed to Russia, disrupted organizations across Europe costing hundreds of millions of pounds. To contend with truly global threats such as this we need a truly global response with not only the U.K. and EU, but industry, government, like-minded states, and NATO -- all working together to strengthen our cybersecurity capabilities."
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaking on February 17 to reporters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
"In order for a full-scale mission of peacekeepers to be established in Ukraine, to ensure the return of [occupied] territories to Ukrainian sovereignty, only one thing is needed: to press Russia to do this."
"In order to deliver the security component of the Minsk agreements, the most realistic step is the introduction of a peacekeeping mission."
"Peacekeepers have the right to disarm the illegal armed groups. Peacekeepers should ensure the absence of foreign troops in the occupied territory."