MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister says talks with his counterparts from Ukraine, France and Germany will focus on pulling back heavy weapons from a frontline in east Ukraine.
Sergey Lavrov, who is set to attend the talks in Berlin later Wednesday, said the withdrawal of artillery should help end a recent escalation of fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russia rebels.
Lavrov said that continuing violations of a truce in the east were rooted in the failure to respect a division line agreed to in September. Lavrov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had written a letter to his Ukrainian counterpart …read more
Source: KXAN
