Two large European countries on the first Sunday in March 2014

Two large European countries this afternoon:

Ukraine:

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says "we are on the brink of disaster" and he​ urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull back his military from the country.

Speaking to foreign reporters in Kyiv, he said: "This is the red alert. This is not a threat -- this is an actual declaration of war to my country. We urge [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin to pull back his military and to stick to its international obligations as well as bilateral and multilateral agreements that have been signed between Ukraine and Russia."

Germany:

Most major television channels showed live broadcasts from traditional city carnivals: