: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukraine signs cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels


MINSK, Belarus — The Ukrainian president declared a cease-fire Friday to end nearly five months of fighting in the nation’s east after his representatives reached a deal with the Russian-backed rebels at peace talks in Minsk.

President Petro Poroshenko said he ordered government forces to stop hostilities at 1500 GMT (11 a.m. EDT) following a protocol signed by representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the rebels and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

“Human life is of the highest value. And we need to do everything that is possible and impossible to stop bloodshed and end people’s suffering,” Poroshe…Keep on …read more

Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer

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