Berlin talks bring Russia, Ukraine closer to resuming ceasefire
- 10 years ago
Two days after the ending of the ceasefire in Ukraine, and the artillery is back out in force.
This video obtained from Ukrainian military television showed artillery guns firing from a field near the Ukrainian city of Slaviansk, a pro-Russian separatist rebel stronghold.
The content of this video cannot be independently verified.
But there is hope now that a diplomatic solution to the crisis might be in sight.
As the guns fired at home, the Ukrainian foreign minister was taking a walk with his Russian counterpart in the German capital Berlin.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov said they had agreed to work towards a mutually agreed ceasefire.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION):
"We are trying as best as we can to achieve a sustainable ceasefire. This is to be achieved by calling together the members of the contact group, hopefully in the next few days for a very
This video obtained from Ukrainian military television showed artillery guns firing from a field near the Ukrainian city of Slaviansk, a pro-Russian separatist rebel stronghold.
The content of this video cannot be independently verified.
But there is hope now that a diplomatic solution to the crisis might be in sight.
As the guns fired at home, the Ukrainian foreign minister was taking a walk with his Russian counterpart in the German capital Berlin.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov said they had agreed to work towards a mutually agreed ceasefire.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION):
"We are trying as best as we can to achieve a sustainable ceasefire. This is to be achieved by calling together the members of the contact group, hopefully in the next few days for a very