KIEV: Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers after crossing over into the ex-Soviet state’s war-wrecked separatist east in violation of a September truce deal.
The charges – met with initial silence by Moscow – should add further tensions to difficult talks in Berlin on Wednesday aimed at stemming a spike in fighting that has already killed 4,800 people and driven a million from their homes.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, on a visit to Davos for the World Economic Forum, planned to cut short his trip due to the ‘worsening situation’ in his country’s rebel-held east, his spokesman Svyatoslav …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
