Fighting in eastern Ukraine abated, strengthening a cease-fire pact between the government and separatist groups even as German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Russia was still destabilizing the war-torn region.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Bloomberg: Ukraine unrest eases as Merkel says Russia still meddling
Ukrainian servicemen sit on their position at a checkpoint near Slavyanoserbsk of Lugansk Oblast on Sept. 22, 2014.
