NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said Russia is still arming and training rebel forces in eastern Ukraine. He also expressed concern about the withdrawal of heavy weapons amid fears they could be repositioned, reports GHN based on DW.
Speaking at NATO's military headquarters in Belgium on Wednesday, Stoltenberg called on the Ukraine military and pro-Russian separatists to support foreign monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) by giving them the safe and free access and comprehensive information they needed to reinforce the truce.
"Our main message today is that the OSCE needs access," he said. "What we ask for is both freedom of movement ... but also that they get access to necessary information ... The monitoring of ceasefire is by no means sufficient today.
"Therefore we call on Russia to withdraw all its forces from eastern Ukraine and to respect the Minsk agreement," Stoltenberg added.
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and four were injured in the country's east on Tuesday, a military spokesman said.