Radio Free Europe: Ukraine's President Says Cease-Fire Observed For Week
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that a cease-fire agreement has been observed for the first time for an entire week in eastern Ukraine, where government forces have been engaged in military conflict with Russian-backed separatists.
"Today marks the first week when there is no shooting in the battle zone. The first week when finally the Minsk agreement is being implemented," Poroshenko said in Kyiv on September 5, referring to the cease-fire deal brokered by Germany and France in the Belarusian capital in February.
Update #1: Ukraine's President Lauds Renewed Cease-Fire in the East -- AP
Update #2: Truce upheld for first time in war-torn eastern Ukraine: president -- AFP
WNU editor: It is still too early to claim any success .... and absent any political talks (and no talks are being planned), this war will flare back sooner rather than later.
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