KIEV, Ukraine — The battlefields of eastern Ukraine fell mostly silent Sunday as a shaky cease-fire went into effect, but both sides in the fight between Russia-backed separatists and the Ukrainian government accused the other of sporadic small-arms and mortar fire.
A conflict-monitoring mission run by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe reported on its website that the truce was holding on the whole but complained that pro-Russia separatists prevented monitors from visiting the contested Debaltseve area Sunday.
Pro-Russia separatists opened fire on Ukrainian government troops about 60 times on Sunday after the cease-fire started, Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation unit reported …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
