It is in everyone’s interest that Ukraine remains independent and sovereign and maintains the ability to choose its destiny without outside interference.
While the world is focused on an array of conflicts, Ukraine simmers ominously in the background.
Arkady Babchenko had reportedly been shot dead on Tuesday at his home in Kiev, but it turns out the Russian journalist and Kremlin critic is very much alive.
On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, the leaders of France, Germany and Russia discussed the implementation of ceasefire agreements in eastern Ukraine where government forces have been battling pro-Russian rebels since 2014.
The Minsk peace agreement, brokered by France and Germany, was signed by Russia and Ukraine in February 2015 but a recent uptick in fighting has led to fresh efforts to de-escalate the violence.
The conflict in Ukraine's separatist east, between Russian-backed militias and Ukrainian forces, flared in recent days with at least seven soldiers killed in renewed clashes.
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