KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines warring sides marked a week without heavy fighting Monday in a tentatively encouraging change to a 17-month war that has debilitated Western relations with Russia and unsettled eastern Europe.The pro-European leaders in Kiev and separatist eastern rebels whom Russia denies arming are preparing a meeting Tuesday that one militia leader said could mark the end of war.Kiev and the insurgents last Tuesday recommitted themselves to a six-month-old truce and heavy weapons withdrawal agreement that was broken quickly and followed by hundreds of deaths.The toll and exchanges of artillery and rocket fire have subsided dramatically since the …read more
Source: Dunya TV
