Ukraine warns it may take 'years' to end separatist war

April 21, 2016 00:57

Ukraine's defence minister warned today it may take years to settle the ex-Soviet republic's pro-Russian separatist conflict that has killed nearly 9,200 people and plunged Moscow's relations with the West to a

post-Cold War low.

Stepan Poltorak also accused Russia of keeping several thousand troops in the war-torn region and said his impoverished country was in dire need of Western weapons to help quash the two-year revolt.

"In my opinion, it will take years," Poltorak told a small group of reporters when asked how long it may take to resolve the war.

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