EU foreign policy chiefs blasted Moscow’s recognition of separatist elections in Ukraine on Monday (03/11/2014), saying the polls, which sought to put a legal veneer on the bloody pro-Russian rebellion, violated a peace agreement.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the elections went “against the letter and spirit” of an internationally brokered truce deal in September that was meant to halt the war in eastern Ukraine.
Steinmeier urged Russia to respect “the unity of Ukraine.”
“We will judge Russia and President (Vladimir) Putin on their statements that the unity of Ukraine cannot be called into question,” he said on Twitter.
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Source: Herald LIVE
