Poroshenko condemns rebels actions in east Ukraine town
| Kiev
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday condemned a push by pro-Russian rebels to take control of the town of Debaltseve in聽east聽Ukraine聽as a "cynical attack" on the ceasefire deal brokered in聽Minsk聽last week.
"This is a cynical attack on the聽Minsk聽agreement," a statement quoted him as saying during a phone conversation with German Chancellor聽Angela Merkel.
"I appeal to the permanent members of the聽United Nations聽Security Council to prevent further violations...and full-scale military operations in the heart of聽Europe."
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
