Russia is continuing to support armed separatists in eastern Ukraine who are endangering the fragile ceasefire with Ukrainian government forces, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after meeting with Kiev’s defense minister on Thursday.
“Ceasefire violations persist. There is still a risk of a return to heavy fighting,” Stoltenberg said. “Russia continues to support the separatists with training, weapons and soldiers; it has a large number of forces stationed on its border with Ukraine.”
Russia denies the accusations, but growing fears over Moscow’s intentions a year after the annexation of Crimea and the bloody war in eastern Ukraine upended Europe’s post-Cold War …read more
Source: European Voice
