A cease-fire is holding in Ukraine’s eastern region.
The cease-fire halts five months of fighting between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists, who Western nations say are directly helped by Russia, a charge denied by Moscow. Senior Russian officials, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have recently stated there is no military intervention from Russia.
But the last U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union (1987-91), Jack Matlock, disagreed.
“Obviously they are intervening,” he said. “I think they would say, ‘look, you guys intervene wherever you want to. You even invade, like the United States invaded Iraq, which had not attacked it, and we are …read more
Source: Voice of America
