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The Globe and Mail: NATO’s top general says ceasefire in Ukraine and pro-Russian forces is ‘in name only’

By The Globe and Mail.

Published Sept. 20, 2014 at 7:44 pm

U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove is sceptical about the 2-week ceasefire between Ukrainian army and pro-Russian militants fighting in the country's east.

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NATO’s top general says he has little faith in the 2-week-old ceasefire between Ukraine and pro-Russian militants fighting in the country’s east.

Speaking to reporters in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius on Sept. 20, U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove said the September agreement is a “cease-fire in name only.” He said violence levels, including the number of artillery rounds fired in the past few days, are as high as prior to the cease-fire.