Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
You act as though one dead soldier in a war zone makes it intense fighting.
During a ceasefire, there is no fighting at all.

And you cherry-picked your quote from the Spiegel article. The full quote should be more like this:
Yes, it contradicts itself. There was no calm, and there still is no calm:

#pisky and surrounding villages are burning. Huge battles going on in #ukraine. Just got out of frontline in time.

- Tom Daams

That the previous peace negotiations didn't yield a positive result is not really relevant.
The reason why it didn't work is vital for the context of Breedlove's statements.