Russia has yet to fully implement Minsk deal on Ukraine - NATO official

A member of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic forces walks on top of a self-propelled artillery gun during tactical training exercises in Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 4, 2016. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Russia persists with efforts to undermine Ukraine's political aspirations and has yet to live up to the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, a NATO official said on Thursday.

Ted Whiteside, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, also told a conference in Budapest that while during the Cold War, deterrence meant stationing hundreds of thousands of troops in Central Europe, NATO will not do that now.