Pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine will comply with a Kremlin request to allow surrounded Ukrainian government troops to safely leave rebel-held areas.
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk announced on Friday he wanted Ukraine to join NATO — the mutual defense treaty between the United States and European countries.
The opening of a humanitarian corridor to allow the Kiev government troops safe passage was first suggested by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, who issued a statement on Thursday night praising the “major success” of the rebel offensive but stopping short of admitting that Russia’s military is involved in the fighting, Reuters reports,
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Source: Newsweek
