The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian separatist forces in the Luhansk region have agreed “in principle” to a new cease-fire effective Dec. 5.
The OSCE said Monday the cease-fire would bring a truce include the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the area starting December 6.
The two sides signed a Russian-brokered truce September 5 in the Belarussian capital Minsk, but there have been near daily violations of the agreement.
The situation in Ukraine is a major focus of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.
On Monday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that there has been a …read more
Source: Voice of America
