The Ukrainian government and pro-Russia forces have struck a new truce deal, following the failure of a previous agreement.
The deal was agreed following talks between Russian and Ukrainian envoys in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, with the aid of a senior negotiator from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
A spokeswoman for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s peace negotiator said the new ceasefire agreement would take immediate effect in honor of the “Old New Year” holiday that was celebrated Wednesday in ex-Soviet republics.
Ukrainian and OSCE officials said the person who pushed the latest deal forward was Boris Gryzlov, an …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
