Russia says it is committed to holding talks this week on ending the violence in eastern Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said Russia is ready for another meeting of the so-called “contact group” on eastern Ukraine this week.
“Contact group” members Russia, Ukraine, Russia-backed separatists, and the Organization for Security in Cooperation in Europe signed a cease-fire agreement for eastern Ukraine September 5 in Minsk, Belarus.
Russia’s RIA Novosti new agency reported the representative from the rebels’ self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, said Monday the agenda should include a cease-fire, an end to what he called the …read more
Source: Voice of America
