KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s military authorities said they suspended hostilities Tuesday against Russian-backed separatists in the east in line with a truce declared last week.
President Petro Poroshenko declared a “day of silence” Thursday, hoping to revive a September cease-fire deal that has been breached almost daily.
The seven-month long conflict has left more than 4,300 people dead, displaced hundreds of thousands and exhausted a nation struggling to stave off economic collapse.
Separatist rebel leaders have stated their support for the truce, which appeared to be holding around the main rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk early Tuesday.
Intense shelling continued right up until …read more
Source: Global TV
