Russia on Monday called on Ukraine to halt its military offensive against pro-Moscow rebels in the east, saying the insurgent leaders had enough “authority” to hold talks with Kiev.
Deputy foreign minister Grigory Karasin made the appeal after Moscow recognised separatist elections in two eastern Ukraine regions dismissed as illegal by Kiev and the West.
The rebel leaders elected “have enough authority to establish broad sustainable dialogue with Kiev authorities,” Karasin told Russian state news agency TASS.
“This work can bring results only on condition of equal dialogue based on mutual respect, with Kiev renouncing military operations and the notorious ‘anti-terror operation’,” Karasin …read more
Source: Herald LIVE
