MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday ridiculed the Ukrainian army as NATOs foreign legion, ignoring Western pressure on the Kremlin to rein in a pro-Russian insurgency that has gone on the offensive across eastern Ukraine.Putins comments came as an emergency meeting of the Western alliances NATO-Ukraine Commission was called to discuss a surge in fighting that has led to a spate of civilian casualties and rapidly growing pressure on Ukraines troubled military.Another 12 people were reported killed Monday, including seven Ukrainian soldiers, as Kiev accused the pro-Russian rebels of firing more than 100 times over the past day …read more
Source: Dunya TV
