KIEV, Ukraine — Intense fighting in Ukraine, including a devastating rocket strike on Kiev’s military headquarters in the east, killed at least 37 people on Tuesday, the eve of a four-way peace summit.
As diplomats scrambled to finalize a deal to end the 10-month war, US President Barack Obama held telephone talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and sought to further pressure him over Moscow’s alleged backing for Ukrainian rebels.
But even as diplomatic momentum built ahead of Wednesday’s summit, more deadly violence hit east Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said rockets for the first time hit the military’s command center …read more
Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer