Conflict has left 5,300 people dead
CBC News Posted: Feb 05, 2015 5:32 AM ET Last Updated: Feb 05, 2015 8:42 AM ET
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, standing with Ukraine’s president after their talks in Kyiv, has urged Russia to show its commitment to a peaceful, diplomatic solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Kerry said “our choice is diplomacy” and called on Russia to demonstrate its commitment by ceasing its military support for the separatists and helping to bring them to the negotiation table.
He made no mention during his public comments Thursday of the possibility of the U.S. providing Ukraine lethal military aid.
Several European nations oppose giving Ukraine heavy weapons, including Germany and France, whose leaders were heading to Kyiv and Moscow with a proposal to end the fighting.
Kerry: ceasefire, ending hostilities “only way for Russia” to end its international isolation. #cbc
— Nahlah Ayed (@NahlahAyed) February 5, 2015
Kerry: This is a critical moment for this region, for this country, and for the prospect of peace. #cbc
— Nahlah Ayed (@NahlahAyed) February 5, 2015
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