US: Russian Forces in Ukraine Are Thwarting Peaceful Solution

The U.S. State Department said Friday that it's difficult to achieve a political solution to the Ukraine crisis when there are still thousands of Russian forces fomenting unrest in the country. Department spokesman John Kirby, responding to comments made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a St. Petersburg business forum, said it would be "heartening" if Russia fully complied with the Minsk accords outlining the cease-fire agreement, which were negotiated during...

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