A senior U.S. diplomat says a cease-fire deal in eastern Ukraine “is being violated on a daily basis.”
U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland made the statement Monday after talks in Moscow with Russian officials.
Nuland said the violations of the Western-brokered deal agreed to in February in Minsk by Russia, Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels “need to stop.”
Nuland suggested that separatists in eastern Ukraine were responsible for the bulk of the violations, and called for OSCE monitors to be allowed in the conflict zone to verify how the cease-fire is being implemented.
Nuland, who was holding talks in Moscow …read more
Source: Voice of America