KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday accused Russia of sending major military backup to pro-Moscow rebels, speaking just ahead of talks on the conflict with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande.
“Just this week three big convoys crossed our border towards Lugansk, Donetsk and Debaltseve,” Poroshenko said, referring to rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine.
Poroshenko was set to meet Hollande and Merkel in Berlin later Monday for talks to discuss the recent resurgence of violence in Ukraine.
Merkel and Hollande have put enormous political onus on resolving Ukraine’s 16-month pro-Russian uprising and returning peace to the European Union’s turbulent …read more
Source: theSun
