KIEV: Tensions over Ukraine festered after Kiev accused the Kremlin of seeking to “eliminate” the pro-Western former Soviet nation, while Moscow charged Washington with orchestrating the entire crisis.
The bitter exchange on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in the wake of the toughest Western sanctions yet on Russia came with a fragile nine-day truce once again tested by an hours-long battle for control of a strategic eastern Ukrainian airport.
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