Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reported Friday a “gradual de-escalation” in the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east as Kiev received the first tranche in a multi-billion-dollar IMF bailout.Speaking on Ukraine’s private 1+1 television network Poroshenko said: “The fact that we have not had military losses for several days … this is a clear indication of a gradual de-escalation.”Poroshenko’s assessment echoed that of a European monitoring mission, which said Thursday that the February 12 truce was “broadly” holding up, despite sporadic clashes in a handful of flashpoints.Poroshenko cited two zones as still being …read more
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