Ukraine’s president says a “fragile” cease-fire is actually in place for the first time in his country’s seven-month conflict between government troops and Russian-back separatists.
Petro Poroshenko said Friday that 24 hours had passed without any deaths or injuries of his soldiers.
Poroshenko said if the cease-fire held it would be “a great step for peace and stability in Ukraine.”
The president called for the truce Tuesday in a bid to revive a much-violated cease-fire agreement signed in September.
The Ukrainian leader made his comments in Sydney, Australia, on the second day of a three-day visit to Australia, a key Western ally.
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Source: Voice of America
