Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin has denounced Ukraine’s call for the deployment of UN peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine as a destructive move.
The Ukrainian president’s call “raises suspicions that he wants to destroy the Minsk accords”, Mr Churkin said.
The Minsk ceasefire deal was reached a week ago but fighting round the strategic city of Debaltseve saw the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops there.
Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine also criticised the proposal.
Mr Churkin accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of seeking a new scheme instead of doing what he had signed up to. …read more
Source: National Newswatch
