Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday a preliminary agreement had been reached to hold talks in Minsk on Dec. 9 on implementing the steps of a September ceasefire deal with eastern separatists, Interfax reported.
Clashes in east Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatist rebels are fighting Kiev government troops, have continued despite the signing of the ceasefire deal three months ago, and the death toll has risen to more than 4,300 since mid-April.
“So far a preliminary agreement has been reached that a meeting in Minsk will take place on the ninth of December,” news agency Interfax Ukraine quoted Poroshenko as saying.
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Source: Newsweek
