KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine will continue upholding a truce with Russian-backed separatists following a day largely free of exchanges of fire between the warring sides, a military spokesman in Kiev said Wednesday.
Andriy Lysenko said there have been attacks on government positions over the previous day, but noted a significant reduction in their quantity. Rebels in turn accused Ukrainian forces of sporadic violations of the truce that began Tuesday.
Military authorities have indicated that the truce is seen as a confidence-building exercise and that heavy weaponry could be pulled back from the front if fighting stops for several days.
The cessation in hostilities follows a …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
