Ukraine, Russia at odds over UN peacekeepers in Donbass

Lena Savchuk
Press TV, Kiev

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian foreign ministry to formally ask the UN Security Council to deploy peacekeepers to patrol the frontline in Ukraine’s Donbass region. Putin says the mission could help protect international observers monitoring the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. But Kiev seems to see the future of the operation completely differently.

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