KIEV: Western pressure mounted on Russia on Saturday (Oct 4) to save Ukraine’s crumbling truce as pro-Kremlin insurgents staged intensifying raids on an airport vital for sustaining their independence drive.But analysts said Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to weather isolation and economic sanctions as the cost of cementing his grip on Ukraine’s industrial east.At least 75 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have died since Moscow and Kiev signed a September 5 truce aimed at halting the five-month war that has claimed around 3,300 lives on the European Union’s doorstep. Ukrainian defence spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Saturday that another two …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
