'We Didn't Expect an Escalation in the East' - Ukraine's MFA
Despite ceasefire agreements to stop fighting between government forces and Russian—backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the conflict has continued
Despite ceasefire agreements to stop fighting between government forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the conflict has continued. This is because Russia does not have the political will to stop the conflict and help settle the war in a diplomatic matter, said Dmytro Kuleba, the Ambassador-at-Large to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. As such, Ukraine is "forced to respond and are seeking a political solution to the conflict," he explained.
Kuleba spoke with Hromadske International co-hosts Ian Bateson and Nataliya Gumenyuk during the Sunday Show on January 18, 2015.