U.S. diplomat says seeing 'some pullback' of weapons from eastern Ukraine


  • World
  • Thursday, 05 Nov 2015

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday that there have been signs that Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine are pulling back some of their weapons.

"We are now starting to see for the first time some pullback of Russian and separatist weapons," Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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