KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday voted to suspend military cooperation with Russia in a long-anticipated move signaling a further break in relations between the once-close partners.
Kiev also produced what it claimed was fresh confirmation of involvement by Russian intelligence in sowing unrest in breakaway eastern regions, saying it is evidence of continued Russian plans to destabilize Ukraine,
The five cooperation agreements scrapped by the parliament, known as Verkhovna Rada, include one giving the Russian military transit rights to reach Moldova, whose territory is partly controlled by a Moscow-supported separatist government.
[…] Thursday, Ukraine unveiled what it said was new evidence …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
