Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday that the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine had been respected for a week.
Speaking on Ukrainian national television, Poroshenko said this was the first time since the Western-brokered agreement was signed in Minsk in February that no Ukrainian soldier had died in fighting.
It has been reported, however, that several servicemen and civilians had died or had been wounded since Wednesday. Pro-Russian separatists also announced Saturday that a civilian had been killed near Donetsk by Ukrainian army fire.
The truce to end an armed conflict in eastern Ukraine had been marred by deadly …read more
Source: Voice of America
