Nine soldiers killed after pro-Russian separatists shoot down helicopter, against their commander’s orders to respect ceasefireThe US vice-president, Joe Biden, spoke with Ukraine’s president on Tuesday after pro-Russian insurgents downed an army helicopter against ceasefire orders from their commander, the White House said.The incident, in which nine Ukrainian soldiers were killed, could torpedo hopes that Ukraine’s western-backed president, Petro Poroshenko, having ordered a one-week unilateral ceasefire on Friday that the rebels accepted on Monday will be able to negotiate an end to 11 weeks of violence that has claimed 435 lives, according to UN figures. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
