Ukraine, pro-Russia separatists and Russia have signed a conditional cease-fire agreement, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko announced at the end of a NATO summit in Wales on Friday (5 September).
However EU leaders and Barack Obama, the US president, remain sceptical that the deal represents a real solution to the conflict.
“We are hopeful, but based on past experience also skeptical that in fact the separatists will follow through and that Russia will stop violating Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” said Obama in Wales.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, held out the possibility of further EU sanctions. “One has to look at the ceasefire, …read more
Source: European Voice
