The German and French foreign ministers on Thursday made their first visit to Ukraine’s war-torn east since the beginning of the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in April 2014. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault arrived in Kramatorsk, a city controlled by the Ukrainian army. Both ...
Russia’s defense ministry on Wednesday called for a 48-hour extension of the Syria truce it brokered with the United States last week. Moscow “calls for the extension of the cessation of hostilities on all Syrian territory for 48 hours,” Russian news agencies quoted senior Russian military officer Viktor Poznikhir as ...
