Leaders Say Ukraine Truce Deal Still On After Debaltseve Clashes
Ukraine Seeks U.N. Assistance as Cease-Fire Falters
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Leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine agreed that the truce accord reached in Minsk must be implemented even after fighting forced the government in Kiev to abandon a strategic crossroad town in the east.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and presidents Vladimir Putin, Francois Hollande and Petro Poroshenko “agreed to stand by the Minsk agreement despite the grave breach of the cease-fire in Debaltseve,” German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement after a phone call among the four leaders on Thursday.