News reports say ceasefire due to come into effect at 1600 GMT, although there was fighting on ground near port city of MariupolA ceasefire for east Ukraine has been agreed during talks in Minsk between Ukrainian government representatives and separatist leaders, according to news reports from the Belarusian capital.The agreement came shortly after loud booms of artillery were audible in the city of Mariupol, which Kiev’s forces are defending against a possible rebel onslaught. Former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma began talks at a hotel in Minsk on Friday with leaders from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “republics”, in the presence …read more
Source: The Guardian
