EU, US Aren't Seeing Eye to Eye on Ukraine Crisis - Steinmeier (Sputnik)
Information obtained by European sources about the situation in eastern Ukraine somewhat differs from statements coming from NATO and US representatives, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the media after an informal meeting of top EU diplomats in the Latvian capital Riga.
In an interview for a German newspaper published Thursday, the German Foreign Minister defended sanctions against Russia and economic assistance to Ukraine, but noted that negotiations with Russia must continue in the aim of finding a political solution to the conflict.
“The statements [on the situation in Ukraine] made by our sources do not fully coincide with the statements made by NATO and the American side,” the German top diplomat said.
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The publication quotes General Philip Breedlove, the NATO supreme allied commander and head of the US European Command, as saying late last month that the situation in Ukraine was ”getting worse every day”.
On November 12, 2014, during a visit to Bulgaria, General Breedlove told a news conference in Sofia that “We have seen columns of Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine.”
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