German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Ukraine “is determined” to reach a more stable cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels in the country’s restive east.
Merkel, speaking at a joint news conference Wednesday in Berlin with visiting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk, said the Ukraine situation has been calmer since February 15, when a new cease-fire agreement brokered in Minsk took effect. Replacing a September cease-fire that had collapsed, it called for an immediate end to fighting and the withdrawal of heavy artillery to create a buffer zone.
“Ukraine, as it has said so over and over again, is determined to implement those measures,” Merkel …read more
Source: Voice of America
