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The OSCE monitors held by pro-Russian protestors have been released.

The state RIA Novosti news agency reported this Saturday, citing Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy.

U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have warned of broader sanctions on Russia should it further destabilize Ukraine, in a show of unity amid worsening crisis in the former Soviet state.

But rifts between the countries were hard to hide over U.S. surveillance practices during Merkel's much-anticipated visit to Washington for the first time since revelations from U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden last year showed Washington had eavesdropped on many of its allies, including Merkel.