“If Ukraine doesn’t come through with the reforms linked to the Minsk peace process, it will be very difficult for Europe to continue united in support for sanctions against Russia,” Kristian Jensen told Reuters at the EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Amsterdam on Friday. “Ukraine has a deadline. They need to push those reforms now, they can’t wait.”
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has tried to play down the significance of this weekend’s top-of-the-table clash with Leicester but has warned the Foxes are capable of going all the way to the title.
Ukraine’s government is on the brink of collapse after the resignation of a leading reformer split the ruling coalition, and deepened western fears the country is failing to fight rampant corruption or put powerful crooks in jail.
There was a time when Manuel Pellegrini stood where Claudio Ranieri now finds himself, leading a challenge for a title that once seemed wildly improbable.
City’s fifth-round tie at heavyweight rivals Chelsea has been switched to Sunday, 21 February.
Dynamo Kyiv attacker Andriy Yarmolenko has insisted that he would rather join Everton this summer than make the move to Barcelona.
