A top Ukrainian separatist leader said Friday he would not push for new
peace talks with Kiev
and warned that his forces were launching a new offensive to expand their
control.
“Our side will no longer push for any more truce talks,” Donetsk rebel chief
Alexander Zakharchenko said in comments published on a Ukrainian separatist
website.
“We are going to advance to the very border of Donetsk province,” he added in reference
to parts of the war-torn east still under government control.
His comments came two days after peace talks in Berlin
saw the foreign ministers of Russia
and Ukraine agree to try to
arrange new negotiations between Kiev
and separatist commanders in …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
