KIEV – The United States expressed fury at Russia’s “lies” over Ukraine after European powers urged a frayed ceasefire be respected, while a rare overnight calm was reported in the war zone on Wednesday.But the crisis still simmered dangerously. Britain said it was dispatching a team of soldiers to Ukraine for “training” and warned Russia could be cut off from the SWIFT international banking network, while Russia’s Gazprom is threatening to stop gas supplies to Ukraine.The United States has not yet said whether it favours sending US weapons to Kiev, as some officials have been suggesting.But US Secretary of State …read more
Source: AsiaOne
