MOSCOW (Reuters) - Joint military exercises planned by Kiev and NATO in Ukraine and rhetoric from NATO leaders at a summit could undermine peace moves in the former Soviet republic, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
In a statement issued after Kiev and pro-Russian rebels agreed a ceasefire, it said the military exercises - planned for Sept. 16-26 - would cause "increased tensions, threaten the tentative progress in the peace process in Ukraine, contribute to the aggravation of a split in the Ukraine society."
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