KYIV/DONETSK, Ukraine - Kyiv said on Nov. 5 it would halt payment of state funds in areas controlled by pro-Moscow rebels, as both sides hardened positions in what is rapidly becoming a "frozen conflict": a long-term stalemate that the West believes is Russia's aim.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Ukraine peace plan in tatters, ‘frozen conflict’ takes shape
Militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic walk on Nov. 4, 2014 next to the main theater before the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
