Russia’s president said he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a truce struck in September.
In an interview with German television broadcast late Sunday, Putin said he was convinced that it was possible to end the deadlock in east Ukraine, where pro-Russian rebels have been battling Kiev’s troops in a conflict that has claimed at least 4,000 lives since March.
But the Russian leader also noted that neither the rebels nor Ukrainian troops have fully withdrawn from key locations in the region in order to create a buffer zone, a key part of a …read more
Source: National Newswatch
