The U.S. special envoy for efforts to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine has called a Russian proposal to send United Nations peacekeepers to the region a “step forward” but warns there are still many “obstacles” to the plan suggested by Moscow.
The envoy, Kurt Volker, on September 16 said, “It’s very interesting that Russia proposed a UN protection mission…. This is a step forward in a way bringing it up for discussion and bringing it to the (UN) Security Council.”
