Ukraine Crisis

Poroshenko attacked Moscow sharp

Ukrainian President Poroshenko Russia has been accused of, further and further against the ceasefire agreement of Minsk, and notices. He has received support from US Secretary of state Kerry.

In view of the ongoing crisis in the East of his country, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko serious allegations against Russia are collected. “This is not a Ukrainian civil war, that is their Aggression,” said Poroshenko at the Munich security conference in the address by Russia’s head of state Vladimir Putin. “Come across the border every single day, Russian troops, Russian weapons, Russian ammo in my country.”

Poroshenko warned on an infiltration of Europe by Russian Propaganda. A risk for the continent are “alternative values”, the Moscow proclaimed it would. “The alternative is that Europe has a leader – and that is Putin,” said Poroshenko and added: “It has ground forces – parties, which are against Europe.” All of this lead to a new nationalism and fanaticism.

A soldier at a Checkpoint in the Ostukrainischen Donetsk (archive photo)

The sanctions against Russia should be maintained, called for Poroshenko. “Sanctions are not a punishment, they are a means to get Russia to the negotiating table to keep. There is no other means for this purpose.” A dialogue with Russia could only give, if Moscow has its soldiers from Eastern Ukraine and the Crimea may depart and stop the rebels in the Donbass with weapons to support.

“Russia has a choice”

US Secretary of state John Kerry said at the conference, to Moscow the peace agreement of Minsk translate, should the sanctions continue. “Russia has a simple choice: either Minsk to fully implement or harmful sanctions to suspend,” said Kerry.

Also, the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, said he voice Poroshenko. The Russian government attempts to “drive a wedge into the EU, to drive and to columns”. Poland’s head of state Andrzej Duda, reiterated the demand for a stronger presence of NATO in Eastern European States. “Our security is now the most important point,” he said.

Poroshenko had turned down Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed. This had the relations between Moscow and Western Europe previously as a “new Cold war”.

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite threw Russia a “hot war”. There are “open Russian aggression” in Ukraine and in Syria. “This is everything other than cold, now that is hot already,” said Grybauskaite. Finland’s leader Sauli Niinistö said that Russia in recent years on “all the Surprises are always somehow involved” – “from the South in Syria, up high in the Arctic”.

German foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged both Russia and Ukraine to Act. “I am confident that in Kiev and Moscow are all responsible it is clear that we will not forever have time for the implementation of the Minsk Agreed,” he said after a Meeting with his counterparts from Russia, Ukraine and France on the sidelines of the conference. In German Diplomatenkreisen it was said that the next Meeting of the foreign Ministers should, at the latest, at the beginning of March to take place.

stu/ACE (afp, dpa)