Russia unlikely to meet Ukraine peace deal deadline, NATO says


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's top commander warned on Wednesday there was little chance that Russia would meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, saying the calmer situation there did not mean the end of the conflict was near.

Spelling out what many Western officials believe, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Philip Breedlove said Russia continued to support separatists in the area and that the ebb and flow in violence was Russia's way of demonstrating its power.

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