Pro-Russian separatists go to the front on February 9, 2015 in Uglegorsk, 6 kms southwest of Debaltseve. The European Union on February 9 put fresh sanctions against Moscow on hold ahead of a summit to thrash out a Ukraine peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of bloodshed. And US President Barack Obama said on February 9 that the United States had no desire to “weaken” Russia, but the West had to impose a cost for Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)