. >> this is at al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm topeny harris, with a look at today'sop stories. tensions increasing between russia and ukraine. john kerry set to speak any moment now, we will bring that to you live. israel saying today it will stop peace talks with the palestinians. three americans killed today in an attack on a hospital in afghanistan. and the fda moving to crack down on e cigarettes.

. >> this is at al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm topeny harris, with a look at today'sop stories. tensions increasing between russia and ukraine. john kerry set to speak any moment now, we will bring that to you live. israel saying today it will stop peace talks with the palestinians. three americans killed today in an attack on a hospital in afghanistan. and the fda moving to crack down on e cigarettes. tensioned reach add new level today. but first, what happened on the ground today. ukraine's foreign minister blasted russia's decision to hold military exercises for troops amassed near the border. that came as ukrainian forces launch add new effort to drive prorussian object vests from occupying buildings in the east. the interior ministry says up to five people have died. al jazeera has more now. >> we are at a new ukrainian army check point on the road south. what we are hearing is that the situation in the town is now calm. earlier today, ukrainian troops did move forward, and they dismantled one, two, perhaps three roadblocks which had been set up by armed proruss