Artemivsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – The UN Security Council scheduled an emergency session to discuss the fragile ceasefire in Ukraine on Friday, a year to the day since Russian troops and pro-Moscow forces began seizing ports and cities on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.The anniversary of the seizure, which triggered the worst standoff in East-West relations since the Cold War, came as the shaky ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels appeared to be holding.Ukraine’s military said Thursday it had started withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line, bolstering a peace plan that was meant to come into force on …read more
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