Kyiv is ready to stop funding rebel-held eastern Ukraine, putting pressure on separatist leaders and their Russian backers to support millions of people through winter, as fears grow of a renewed surge in hostilities.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Irish Times: Ukraine tensions rise as Kyiv stops funding rebel areas
Pro-Russian separatists sit in a trench at a check point near the village of Frunze, eastern Ukraine on Nov. 4, 2014.