Ukraine crisis: Russia, US, European Union strike deal
Russia, the US and the European Union have said that all sides have agreed to steps to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine.
Their foreign ministers were speaking at the end of talks between Russia, Ukraine, the EU and US in the Swiss city of Geneva.
Analysts say the outline agreement could stay economic sanctions the West was preparing to impose on Russia.
Ukraine has been in crisis since the toppling of its pro-Moscow president.
Russia then annexed the Crimean peninsula part of Ukraine but with a Russian-speaking majority population in a move that provoked international outrage.
This was followed by the seizing of government buildings in eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian separatists opposed to the new order in the capital Kiev.
Concrete steps
Following the Geneva talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State John Kerry and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said there was agreement that all illegal military formations in Ukraine must be dissolved, and that everyone occupying buildings must be disarmed and leave them.
They added that there would be an amnesty for all anti-government protesters under the agreement.
These steps will be overseen by monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
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Ukraine crisis: Russia, US, European Union strike deal