13 Feb 2015

Crucial peace talks over Ukraine

From Nine To Noon, 9:37 am on 13 February 2015

Crucial peace talks over Ukraine ended with a ceasefire agreement including withdrawal of weaponry from the battle zone and prisoner and hostage exchanges. But will peace last and what of plans to allow some form of self-governance in rebel-held areas? Top level peace talks in Minsk, Belarus over the ongoing fighting in Ukraine between government forces and Russian backed rebels. Lucian Kim is a Berlin-based journalist who has covered the Ukraine conflict for Reuters, Slate, Newsweek, and BuzzFeed. He previously worked as a correspondent for Bloomberg News in Moscow and The Christian Science Monitor in Berlin.

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