WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko in a phone call urged a speedy resolution to the conflict with pro-Russian separatists amid a spike in tensions with Moscow, the White House said late Friday.
Biden and Poroshenko “expressed concern over the recent surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine, where ceasefire violations by combined Russian-separatist forces are at their highest levels since 2015, often using heavy weapons”, the White House statement read.
Kiev and the West accuse Russia of supporting the separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine and deploying troops across the border — claims Moscow denies.
Biden and Poroshenko “reiterated …read more
Source: The News International
