Germany’s foreign minister shuttled between Kiev and Moscow on Tuesday in an effort to avert all-out war between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists.
NATO’s new chief, meanwhile, warned of a “serious military buildup” by Russia along Ukraine’s eastern border that is escalating tensions and the risk of renewed fighting.
The truce tamped down fighting in most areas for a few weeks, but elections on both sides of Ukraine’s pro-Russia and pro-Europe divide over the last month have empowered new political forces that are on a collision course in the 7-month-old conflict.
Steinmeier first arrived in Kiev for talks with Poroshenko and Ukrainian …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
