PHOTOS: Vice President Biden visits Ukraine, April 22, 2014
April 22, 2014
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk during a meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April. 22, 2014. Biden called on Moscow to encourage pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine to vacate government buildings and checkpoints, accept amnesty and "address their grievances politically." (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, Pool) ( Ukraine US )
A pro Ukrainian supporter, foreground, stands with a Ukrainian flag opposite pro Russian supporters in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia on Tuesday that "it's time to stop talking and start acting" to reduce tension in Ukraine. Biden called on Moscow to encourage pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine to vacate government buildings and checkpoints, accept amnesty and "address their grievances politically." (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
An elderly man stands next a barricade near the secret service building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk on April 22, 2014. US Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia of isolation if it continues to try to "pull Ukraine apart" and pledged Washington's strong support for Kiev's leaders, as a Cold War-style confrontation over the former Soviet republic ratcheted up. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529150486 )
An armed man in military fatigues stands guard outside the police regional building seized by the separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on April 22, 2014. US Vice President Joe Biden met Ukraine's new pro-Western leaders Tuesday to offer firm American backing as Washington and Moscow traded blame over an unravelling peace deal to defuse the country's deep crisis. Under the deal signed by Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the European Union last week, pro-Kremlin rebels holding a string of eastern towns were supposed to disarm and give up the state buildings they have seized. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529142666 )
Former Ukrainian prime minister and presidential hopeful Yulia Tymoshenko speaks after a press conference in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia on Tuesday that "it's time to stop talking and start acting" to reduce tension in Ukraine, offering a show of support for the besieged nation as an international agreement aimed at stemming its ongoing crisis appeared in doubt. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )
US Vice President Joe Biden (6th R) stands at one of barricades of Maidan anti-government protesters during his visit in Kiev on April 22, 2014. US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused Russia of "trying to pull Ukraine apart" and pledged Washington's strong support for Kiev's leaders, as a Cold War-style confrontation over the former Soviet republic ratcheted up. Biden was speaking in Kiev amid worrying signs on the ground that diplomacy was failing to calm the crisis. (SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 529147041 )
Pro Russia protestors, right, throw eggs at pro Ukrainian activists in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia on Tuesday that "it's time to stop talking and start acting" to reduce tension in Ukraine, offering a show of support for the besieged nation as an international agreement aimed at stemming its ongoing crisis appeared in doubt. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( APTOPIX Ukraine )
Relatives of men killed in a gunfight on April 20, 2014, attend the funeral ceremony in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on April 22, 2014. US Vice President Joe Biden met Ukraine's new pro-Western leaders Tuesday to offer firm American backing as Washington and Moscow traded blame over an unravelling peace deal to defuse the country's deep crisis. Under the deal signed by Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the European Union last week, pro-Kremlin rebels holding a string of eastern towns were supposed to disarm and give up the state buildings they have seized. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images) ( 529144571 )
Pro-Russian activists hold police shields with the words reading "Obama, hands off Ukraine!" as they guard the barricade at the Ukrainian regional office of the Security Service with the banner that reads: "Donbas not brought to its knees! All to defend the motherland!" in Luhansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia on Tuesday that "it's time to stop talking and start acting" to reduce tension in Ukraine, offering a show of support for the besieged nation as an international agreement aimed at stemming its ongoing crisis appeared in doubt. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ( Ukraine )
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, walking near St. Michael's Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April. 22, 2014. Biden warned Russia on Tuesday that "it's time to stop talking and start acting" to reduce tension in Ukraine, offering a show of support for the besieged nation as an international agreement aimed at stemming its ongoing crisis appeared in doubt. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) ( Ukraine US )