KIEV: Ukraine said on Wednesday it had struck an initial agreement with pro-Russian insurgents to withdraw smaller weapons from the buffer zone splitting eastern rebel lands from the rest of Ukraine.
International monitors said the two sides’ February committment to pull back heavy weapons from the 500km line separating the forces was only observed laxly and led to more than 1,000 deaths.
But a new truce that went into effect on …read more
Source: The Gulf Today
