BRUSSELS, Jan 9 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that there is an opportunity to come to a common political resolving the situation around Ukraine, while taking into account Russia's concerns. «It is possible together to find a way, a political way forward, and also take into account Russia's concerns … But the risk of conflict continues to exist,» Stoltenberg said in an interview with the Financial Times. The conflict in eastern Ukraine lasts more than seven and a half years, during this time, according to the UN, more than 13 thousand people became its victims. De-escalation is discussed at a contact group meeting, based on the Minsk agreements, which imply a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line. At the same time, Ukraine has now concentrated in the Donbass half of its army personnel and is firing at militias, including with the use of prohibited equipment. The United States and other NATO countries, which are supplying weapons and military instructors to Kiev, and have increased the number of exercises in the Black Sea … Moscow believes that the West is trying to create a grouping of troops near the Russian borders.
