Russia Announces Another Ceasefire Deal With Ukraine Amid Tensions With West

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He added that the so-called Normandy Format ? which consists of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France ? formed no "powerful results. "We have seen a more assertive Russia," NATO Secretary General Jens Soltenberg told CNBC at the Munich Security Conference. Foreign Ministers of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, France Jean-Marc Ayrault, Russia Sergey Lavrov and Germany Sigmar Gabriel pose for a photograph during the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany on Feb. 18, 2017. A Ukrainian serviceman holds a weapon at a position on the front line near the government-held town of Avdiyivka, Ukraine on Feb. 10, 2017. " Meanwhile, he has refused to criticize Russia, recently stating that the United States is morally equivalent to Putin.