Fresh Ukraine clashes prove fragile truce deal: NATO
The latest wave of fighting between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russia forces demonstrate the “fragile” nature of the Minsk truce agreement, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) says.
“What we have seen in the past 24 hours in Ukraine is a reminder that the truce is very fragile, that there are still violations,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in the Norwegian capital city of Oslo on Thursday.
Stoltenberg, who was on his first official visit to his native country, since taking over as the chief of the Western military alliance, further urged all parties involved in the Ukraine crisis to respect the truce agreement.
Ukraine’s warring sides reached the peace deal, dubbed Minsk II, during a summit in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk in February. Although the agreement has dampened much of the fighting in Ukraine’s volatile areas, it has failed to halt the violence at key hotspots.
A surge in violence in Ukraine’s eastern provinces since June 3 has reportedly left at least 26 people dead, according to Ukrainian authorities and the pro-Russians.
The United Nations Security Council is expected to hold an emergency meeting requested by Lithuania on June 5 to discuss the escalation of fighting in Ukraine.
Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Moscow forces and Ukrainian army troops since April 2014, when Kiev launched military operations against the pro-Russians in control of government buildings there.
More than 6,400 people have been killed and about 16,000 injured in the Ukraine conflict so far, according to the latest figures released by the UN.
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