White House spokesman Sean Spicer had little to say on Wednesday when asked for the administration's position on the renewed fighting that began over the weekend and persisted into early Wednesday. President Donald Trump has been "kept aware of developments" in Ukraine, Spicer said, and the White House will "have further updates as we go on." The State Department statement reaffirmed U.S. backing for the Minsk plans, but that reference only came about after internal interagency discussions in Washington. "The United States is deeply concerned with the recent spike in violence in eastern Ukraine," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in the statement. On Tuesday, European Union President Donald Tusk mentioned Russia's "aggressive policy towards Ukraine" along with "worrying declarations by the new American administration."

Source: ABC News February 01, 2017 21:01 UTC