EU Prepares Tougher Russian Penalties

A “preliminary agreement” has been reached for the Ukraine contact group to meet Friday or Saturday in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Olena Zerkal said. Ukraine’s military said pro-Russian forces are advancing toward the town of Debaltseve, a strategic rail hub in the Donetsk region that has become the focus of clashes. The crisis can only be settled by negotiation “and to make that happen Russia has to stop supporting the separatists,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.



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