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The meeting will take a place as monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe recorded a significant rise in cease-fire violations in eastern Ukraine.

Leonid Pasechnik, leader of the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic,” signed a decree calling for “full combat readiness.”

Diggins' silver also completed the feat of earning a sprint medal and distance medal at the same Winter Olympics.

The win was also Great Britain’s second medal these Games. The men's curling team won silver a day earlier.

His death comes less than three years after Epstein was found dead in his prison cell in New York while he was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

The event was Mikaela Shiffrin’s final opportunity to win a medal at the Beijing games.

Interim Police Chief Steve Bell said that some smaller protests continued but “this unlawful occupation is over."

The street in front of Parliament Hill, the collection of government offices that includes the Parliament buildings, was the heart of the protests.

"The United States, together with our allies and partners, will impose significant, and unprecedented economic costs,” Harris said.

Nico Porteous of New Zealand took gold and Team USA's David Wise and Alex Ferreira won the silver and bronze.

Russian-backed separatists put out a barrage of images on social media appearing to show an orphanage being evacuated, air raid sirens and a supposed car bomb, which Ukraine says was staged. Ukraine accuses them of firing on Ukrainian territory in an attempt to bait them into an attack. Russian President Putin has insisted he will not invade.