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US 'may supply arms to Ukraine'

Media captionPresident Barack Obama: "The possibility of lethal defensive weapons is one of those options that is being examined"

President Barack Obama says the US is studying the option of supplying lethal defensive arms to Ukraine if diplomacy fails to end the crisis in the east.

The latest diplomatic efforts come amid renewed fighting between the pro Russia rebels and Ukrainian government troops, with fighting centred around the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve.

Mrs Merkel met the US president in Washington on Monday to update him on Franco German efforts to revive last year's Minsk peace plan, which collapsed amid fighting over the winter.

The detailed proposals have not been released but the plan is thought to include a demilitarised zone of 50 70km (31 44 miles) around the current front line.

Four way talks between Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are due to be held in Belarus's capital Minsk on Wednesday to discuss the proposals.

'One option'Speaking alongside the German chancellor, President Obama said the option of lethal defensive weapons for the Ukrainian government remained on the table.

"If, in fact, diplomacy fails, what I've asked my team to do is to look at all options," he said, adding that offering lethal arms was only one of the options under consideration.

Mrs Merkel, who has made it clear she opposes sending lethal arms, acknowledged setbacks in efforts to reach a diplomatic solution with Russia over Ukraine, but said that they would continue.

Analysis Jon Sopel, North America editorSo does this mean (and does Vladimir Putin hope) that there is an irreparable fissure between the US and Europe over what to do about Ukraine ?

Well, probably not.

What has been most remarkable so far is the extent to which the European countries and the US have worked together on putting together and maintaining a sanctions regime against Russia, even though it could easily be argued that sanctions cost the US little, but hurt Europe fake cartier choker necklace a great deal.

Meanwhile Mr Obama criticised Russian aggression in Ukraine, saying that the borders of Europe could not be "redrawn at the barrel of a gun".

But this Russian aggression had reinforced the unity of the US and its European allies, he added.

EU foreign ministers in Brussels agreed on Monday to impose further sanctions against Russian and rebel officials, but have put them on hold for a week to give the peace efforts a chance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is also considering the peace proposals, earlier blamed the West for causing the crisis, saying they had broken pledges not to expand Nato and forced countries to choose between them or Russia.

In comments to an Egyptian newspaper, Mr Putin accused Western states of supporting a "coup d'etat in Kiev" a reference to the ousting of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych last year.

However, Ukraine's military spokesman Olexandr Matuzyanyk gave a different version of events, telling the BBC "there is fighting going on for this road at the moment".

Thousands of Ukrainian troops are believed to be in Debaltseve and the nearby area. Heavy fighting has been raging there for more than a week, with the rebels cartier love pendant necklace replica gaining some ground.

Germany's recent peace efforts have come under sharp criticism from senior US Republicans, who are calling for the provision of lethal arms to Ukraine.

"The Ukrainians are being slaughtered and we're sending them blankets and meals. Blankets don't do well against Russian tanks," Senator John McCain told an international security conference in cartier mens chain replica Munich at the weekend.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has denied any rift with EU leaders, stating that they remained "united" and were "working closely together".

What was the Minsk agreement?A ceasefire signed by Ukraine and pro Russian separatist rebels on 5 September 2014 in Minsk, BelarusThey agreed to 12 points including pulling back heavy guns by at least 15km (9 miles), releasing prisoners, allowing access to international observers, and setting up a buffer zone on the Russia Ukraine copy cartier chain ring border. Foreign mercenaries were to withdraw and Donetsk and Luhansk would get wider self ruleBut military clashes never entirely stopped. Each side accused the other of violating the deal and violence later flared the length of the ceasefire lineRebels also held their own local elections in November 2014, in defiance of Kiev. The government responded by saying it would scrap partial autonomy for Donetsk and LuhanskWhy violence is surging
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