Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is warning the confrontation in Ukraine could turn into an all-out war between Russia and the West. Gorbachev accused the West of dragging Russia into a new Cold War. “I can no longer say that this Cold War will not lead to a 'Hot War,'” he said. “I fear that they could risk it.” More than 5,000 people have been killed in fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. On Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew traveled to Kiev to give Ukraine a $2 billion loan guarantee. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk met with Lew and thanked the United States for its support.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk: “We are together. We are defending the free world, and we are defending freedoms and liberties of every human being in Ukraine and in the entire world. So, this is the right way — this is the right way to do. And I would like to reiterate once again that the United States is one of the strongest allies of Ukraine.”