Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s prime minister said Wednesday that financial aid from the central government to the pro-Russian separatist eastern regions will be stopped until “terrorists clear out of there.”However, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told a cabinet meeting that Ukraine would maintain gas and electricity supplies so as to spare “ordinary people” during the winter.The decision to axe the Donetsk and Lugansk regions from Ukraine’s cash-strapped budget came amid growing doubts over the future of a two-month old peace accord that was meant to stop fighting and lead to political settlement.Yatsenyuk said the separatist leaders, who have declared independence and …read more
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