BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Feb. 12 that Russia's Vladimir Putin had put pressure on the pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine to agree to a ceasefire from Feb. 15, which she said offered a "glimmer of hope" for an end to the bloodshed.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Business Recorder: Merkel says Putin pressured Ukraine rebels to accept ceasefire
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and French President Francois Hollande take part in a welcoming ceremony after their meeting inside a plane at an airport in Minsk on Feb. 11, 2015.
