Despite persisting hostilities, Russia and Ukraine have struck a multibillion-dollar gas deal that has eased fears that Russian gas supply to Europe might be disrupted.
Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine, the pro-Russian rebels and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe signed a cease-fire deal in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, on Sept. 5.
Hostilities have abated in most areas of the east, but fierce fighting has continued around the airport of the main rebel-held city of Donetsk and a few other strategic areas.
Moscow has insisted that thousands of Russians who have joined the mutiny have done so in their private capacity …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
