Russia to blame for 'hot war' in Ukraine: U.S. special envoyKIEV (Reuters) - Russian aggression is to blame for violence in eastern Ukraine, where people are dying in what should be seen as a “hot war” rather than a “frozen conflict”, the U.S. special envoy to the Ukraine peace talks said on a visit to Ukraine on Sunday. Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, was appointed to his current role on July 7 to help resolve the conflict between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, which has  killed more than 10,000 people since 2014.   Washington cites the conflict as a key obstacle to better relations with Russia.  On a visit to the Ukrainian-held town of Kramatorsk, 690 km (430 miles) southeast of Kiev, Volker said he would prepare a set of recommendations on how Washington can better engage with the peace process. “This is not a frozen conflict, this is a hot war, and it’s an immediate crisis that we all need to address as quickly as possible,” he said. Relations between Ukraine and Russia went into freefall after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and the subsequent outbreak of a pro-Russian insurgency in the eastern Donbass region. Ukraine accuses Russian of sending in its own soldiers and military equipment, which Moscow denies. Volker replied in the affirmative when asked whether he saw the conflict as being as the result of Russian aggression rather than internal Ukrainian factors. “We’ve seen what’s happened, we understand the way this conflict has begun, we understand the way it is being managed today, and that’s why it’s important that the United States become more engaged.” Fighting in the Donbass region has killed 12 people in a particularly bloody week, prompting Germany and France to urge immediate progress in implementing ceasefire agreements signed in Belarus in 2015 that are regularly flouted.  Leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia will speak by phone on Monday to discuss the conflict.  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in early July that Russia must make the first move to bring peace to Ukraine, which President Petro Poroshenko called a powerful signal of Washington’s backing. A career diplomat, Volker is a former aide to Republican Senator John McCain, a Russia hawk who wants the United States to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine, a move the previous administration under Barack Obama shied away from. politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Russia to blame for 'hot war' in Ukraine: U.S. special envoyKIEV (Reuters) - Russian aggression is to blame for violence in eastern Ukraine, where people are dying in what should be seen as a “hot war” rather than a “frozen conflict”, the U.S. special envoy to the Ukraine peace talks said on a visit to Ukraine on Sunday. Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, was appointed to his current role on July 7 to help resolve the conflict between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, which has  killed more than 10,000 people since 2014.   Washington cites the conflict as a key obstacle to better relations with Russia.  On a visit to the Ukrainian-held town of Kramatorsk, 690 km (430 miles) southeast of Kiev, Volker said he would prepare a set of recommendations on how Washington can better engage with the peace process. “This is not a frozen conflict, this is a hot war, and it’s an immediate crisis that we all need to address as quickly as possible,” he said. Relations between Ukraine and Russia went into freefall after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and the subsequent outbreak of a pro-Russian insurgency in the eastern Donbass region. Ukraine accuses Russian of sending in its own soldiers and military equipment, which Moscow denies. Volker replied in the affirmative when asked whether he saw the conflict as being as the result of Russian aggression rather than internal Ukrainian factors. “We’ve seen what’s happened, we understand the way this conflict has begun, we understand the way it is being managed today, and that’s why it’s important that the United States become more engaged.” Fighting in the Donbass region has killed 12 people in a particularly bloody week, prompting Germany and France to urge immediate progress in implementing ceasefire agreements signed in Belarus in 2015 that are regularly flouted.  Leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia will speak by phone on Monday to discuss the conflict.  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in early July that Russia must make the first move to bring peace to Ukraine, which President Petro Poroshenko called a powerful signal of Washington’s backing. A career diplomat, Volker is a former aide to Republican Senator John McCain, a Russia hawk who wants the United States to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine, a move the previous administration under Barack Obama shied away from. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: russia blame war ukraine special envoykiev reuters russian aggression blame violence eastern ukraine people dying seen hot war rather frozen conflict special envoy ukraine peace talks said visit ukraine sunday kurt older former ambassador nato appointed current role july help resolve conflict ukrainian troops separatists killed people since washington cites conflict key obstacle better relations russia on visit town kramatorsk km miles southeast kiev older said would prepare set recommendations washington better engage peace process this frozen conflict hot war immediate crisis need address quickly possible said relations ukraine russia went freefall moscow annexation crimea subsequent outbreak insurgency eastern donbass region ukraine accuses russian sending soldiers military equipment moscow denies older replied affirmative asked whether saw conflict result russian aggression rather internal ukrainian factors we seen happened understand way conflict begun understand way managed today important united states become fighting donbass region killed people particularly bloody week prompting germany france urge immediate progress implementing ceasefire agreements signed belarus regularly floated leaders france germany ukraine russia speak phone monday discuss conflict secretary state rex tillerson said early july russia must make first move bring peace ukraine president metro poroshenko called powerful signal washington backing a career diplomat older former aide republican senator john mccain russia hawk wants united states supply lethal weapons ukraine move previous administration barack obama shield away politicsnews