Joe Biden: Ukraine is 'on the verge of being torn apart'

While speaking at a joint news briefing in Kiev with Ukraine's acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, US Vice-President Joe Biden declared that the US didn't recognize Russia taking over Crimea and that the US are standing with a united Ukraine.

Mr Biden also mentioned that while the country is "on the verge of being torn apart", Ukraine is facing a "struggle for its very future".