US slams Russia’s move to recognize Ukraine rebel documents

United States Vice President Mike Pence, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, left, as Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko looks on, centre, during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. America's commitment to NATO is "unwavering," Pence said Saturday, reassuring allies about the direction the Trump administration might take but leaving open questions about where Washington saw its relationship with the European Union and other international organizations.

Bosnian Serb nationalist leader rejects US sanctions on him

This is a Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 file photo of Bosnian Serb Milorad Dodik, President of the Bosnian Serb region of Republic of Srpska, as he addresses supporters at a pre- election rally of the "Alliance of Independent Social Democrats" party in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Russia-US ties hard to mend, interests differ sharply

U.S. Army soldiers hold an American flag as they attend the official welcoming ceremony of the U.S. troops in Zagan, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. The ceremony comes 23 years after the last Soviet troops left Poland and also marks a new historic moment - the first time any Western forces are being deployed on a continuous basis to NATO's eastern flank.