Ukraine has had its first casualty-free day in seven months after a ceasefire agreement signed in September failed to stall the conflict between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that yesterday was the first time since the conflict in Eastern Ukraine began that he has not been told of a soldier or a civilian being killed or wounded during the night in Ukraine. He added that he hopes the tentative truce, the fourth since April, will revive the ceasefire agreement signed on 5th September.
“I pray that the truce continues,” Poroshenko said in a speech at the …read more
Source: Newsweek
