France raises issue in phone call, and EU foreign ministers meeting next week will urge Russia to rein in separatistsEuropean ministers will call on Moscow to rein in Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine after an escalation in violence that has killed at least 19 people and left thousands without heat, power or water in the depths of winter.France’s foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, spoke of his great concern about the surge in fighting in a phone call to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on Friday. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
