SYDNEY, Australia – Ukraine’s president said Friday that a fragile truce between his government’s troops and Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine had resulted in the first day free of deaths or injuries for his soldiers since the conflict erupted months ago.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, wrapping up a three-day visit to Australia, said the lull in fighting – which began Tuesday after the president proposed a “day of silence” – appeared to be holding.
“Today is the first 24 hours for seven months … when we have a real cease-fire in Ukraine,” he said in a speech at the Lowy Institute for …read more
Source: Macleans
