Separatists in Ukraine’s restive east have rejected the government’s offer of a unilateral ceasefire, and angry citizens in the streets of Kyiv have also given the idea a thumbs down. Many in the capital say they didn’t stand for weeks in the bitter cold earlier this year to topple the former, Russia-friendly president – only for their new president to pander to Russian aggression.
While Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan has won the approval of France and Germany, it puts him in the dangerous position of alienating his support base not even two weeks after his inauguration – and this, in a …read more
Source: Voice of America
