KIEV: Ukraine’s separatist east passed the night into Tuesday without any shooting, President Petro Poroshenko said, hailing the first such stretch of calm as a positive sign for the next steps in a peace plan.
Ukraine is under pressure from Western backers to defuse the conflict, which has left many people struggling to survive the frigid winter, while the cost of the fighting has pushed former Soviet republic towards the brink …read more
Source: The Gulf Today
