NATO's Stoltenberg sees slight improvement in eastern Ukraine - paper


  • World
  • Monday, 12 Jan 2015

BERLIN (Reuters) - Fighting between Kiev's forces and pro-Russian rebels has eased in eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was quoted on Monday as saying, although he voiced concern about the risks to local people.

"We have noticed that there are still Russian military personnel on eastern Ukraine territory that support the separatists," Stoltenberg told German newspaper Die Welt according to interview excerpts released in advance.

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