The uncertain prospect of sending U.N. peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine gives Russia a chance to prove just how committed it is to upholding the crumbling ceasefire, Kiev’s ambassador to the U.S. said Thursday.
It’s also an opportunity for Ukraine to try to put Moscow on the spot at the U.N. Security Council — especially if other nations support Kiev’s peacekeeping request.
“If Russia is actually interested in peace as it claims, it has to support this resolution that would authorize the peacekeeping forces in Ukraine,” Ambassador Olexander Motsyk said in an interview with Foreign Policy on Thursday.
He was referring to Kiev’s demand, …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
