Government troops and Russian-backed separatists largely suspended hostilities in east Ukraine Tuesday in a fresh attempt to revive a largely ignored cease-fire deal.The lull in fighting followed a proposal by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to hold a “day of silence” as a precursor to a possible long-standing settlement.The seven-month long conflict has left more than 4,300 people dead, displaced hundreds of thousands and exhausted a nation struggling to stave off economic collapse.Separatist rebel leaders have supported the truce, which appeared to be holding around the main rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk.Viktor Myzhenko, chief of Ukraine’s General Staff, said at …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
