‘Anti-Russia bans must remain in place’

August 19th, 2014

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated that sanctions imposed on Russia over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine must continue.

Speaking in the Latvian capital, Riga, after talks with the Baltic state’s Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma, the 60-year-old politician said measures against Russia must be reinforced to show how serious the West is about the crisis in Ukraine.

“If we sit still and allow the situation to escalate, that would not be a desired situation,” she commented.

On Monday, many people were killed in rocket and mortar attacks on vehicles transporting refugees from Ukraine’s eastern region of Lugansk.

Ukraine’s National Security Council said a refugee convoy travelling between the towns of Khryashchuvate and Novosvitlivka was hit by rockets which it said were fired by pro-Russia forces.

Pro-Russia forces rejected any role in the attacks, saying Ukraine’s forces attacked the convoy.

Ukraine’s eastern regions have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russia protesters and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations there in mid-April.

Kiev and its Western allies accuse Russia of arming pro-Russia forces in the east, an allegation Moscow has denied.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that no progress has been made during talks in Germany over the establishment of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and the start of peace negotiations between warring parties.

The unrest in eastern Ukraine has so far claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people, according to figures by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

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