Donetsk. The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will hold urgent talks in Berlin Sunday, seeking to defuse tensions in east Ukraine where Kiev is attempting to defeat pro-Russian rebels.
European leaders on Saturday scrambled to ease tensions over claims that Ukrainian forces had destroyed Russian military vehicles, as Kiev moved towards allowing a mammoth aid convoy from Moscow over its border.
While the diplomatic push to defuse the rhetoric grew, deadly shelling pummeled besieged pro-Russian rebel strongholds and a top separatist leader claimed he had received a fresh injection of troops trained “on Russian territory”.
Sunday’s meeting between Russian Foreign …read more
Source: The Jakarta Globe
