Germany and France stepped up pressure on Kiev and Moscow to implement the terms of a peace deal in Ukraine’s separatist territories, warning on Tuesday that the credibility of the agreement itself was at stake.
The two-year-old ‘Minsk’ ceasefire agreement has failed to stem violence between government troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. Other conditions of the deal — including holding local elections — have not yet been carried out. …read more
Source: International Business Times