MOSCOW (AP) — Separatist forces in eastern Ukraine are sending large quantities of arms and manpower to an emerging flashpoint, undermining hopes for a new peace initiative taking shape.
The deployment of Russian-backed separatists to a tense checkpoint area northwest of the rebel-held city of Luhansk (loo-HAHNSK’) has prompted Ukraine’s president to cut short an overseas trip. At an economic forum in Davos (DAH’-vohs), Switzerland, Petro Poroshenko (por-oh-SHEHN’-koh) strongly urged Russia to withdraw its forces from eastern Ukraine and seal the border to stop the flow of troops and weapons.
Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (SEHR’-gay LAHV’-rahf) proposed …read more
Source: KXAN
