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Ukraine and pro-Russian call for ceasefire before beginning of school year

Thursday, 27 August 2015 10:21 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 27 August 2015 10:21 PM ]

A Ukrainian sniper holds on the position of Ukrainian forces on frontline in the Lugansk region on August 27, 2015. Ties between the EU and Russia remain at their lowest ebb over the conflict in Ukraine, ahead of a series of key talks including a visit by President Petro Poroshenko to Brussels on August 27. Renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine between pro-Moscow rebels and Kiev

Lena Savchuk
Press TV, Kiev

The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian forces have called for a ceasefire just before the beginning of new school year in the country. The fresh push for peace was made during a trilateral meeting in the Belarusian capital of Minks on Wednesday. But Press T-V’s Lena Savchuk says the call for truce comes amid fresh flare-up of violence in the country’s east.

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