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Ukraine urges greater military aid from Europe

Ukraine's foreign minister urged Europe and the United States to begin supplying arms to his country, saying it would help deter pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's eastern provinces and restore peace.

 

Pavlo Klimkin said that, although a ceasefire deal agreed in Minsk in September with Russia and rebels was being violated daily, it remained the best blueprint for ending violence in which more than 4,300 people have died since mid-April.

 

Klimkin said that easing tensions would require pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk provinces to withdraw artillery from the frontline, allow international monitoring of the Russian-Ukranian border, humanitarian access and the release of some 500 prisoners, most of them civilians.

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.01.14, 16:04