Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that fighting had stopped in eastern Ukraine, a change in rhetoric compared to his previous accusations against Ukraine for violating a cease fire.
Until recently Putin has repeatedly criticised Ukraine for failing to implement a peace deal agreed in February, including by continued shelling of rebel-held areas. “It’s heartening that the main thing is the cessation of shelling of the Donbass (eastern Ukraine) from the side of the armed forces as well as the so-called volunteer battalions of Ukraine,” he said in the Crimean town of Chersoneus. “I think that today this is the …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis
