Putin’s Good Cop Claim Hollow in Kiev as Rebels Widen War
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Hours after Vladimir Putin hailed “positive” talks over the war in Ukraine, new accusations of Russian aggression were already being voiced in Kiev.
While the Russian president reiterated a pledge early yesterday to do all he can to bring peace to the war-torn Donetsk and Luhansk regions, officials in Ukraine said he was doing just the opposite. Russian soldiers have joined rebel fighters in mounting a counterattack, opening a new front against Ukrainian troops who are being shelled “intensively” from across the border, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said.