NATO’s top military commander says he is hopeful the new agreement to create a buffer zone between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists will calm the conflict.
However, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove said the current situation was “not good,” with Russian troops still inside Ukraine.
Breedlove said the cease-fire signed earlier this month was “in name only” with violence levels in the past few days as high as they were before the truce.
Under the new pact reached in Minsk Saturday, Ukrainian troops and the separatists must each pull back their artillery 15 kilometers from the front line to form a …read more
Source: Voice of America
