Ukraine peace deal extended into 2016
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France have agreed to extend a strained deal aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine into 2016, even as Moscow and Kyiv prepared to impose tit-for-tat trade embargoes.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The European Parliament applies “double standards” by justifying any military exports to Kyiv and at the same time condemning illicit arms trade by EU member states, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday.