New Ukraine Cease-Fire 'Violated Almost Immediately'

Date 2018/3/6 12:09:27 | Topic: Ukraine

The conflict in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions has killed more than 10,300 people since it erupted in April 2014, after Russia fomented unrest across much of Ukraine following the ouster of Moscow-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych.

 

Photo: Ukrainian servicemen ride atop armored vehicles on the outskirts of Donetsk.

 


By RFE/RL, Mar 05, 2018

 

KYIV -- The Ukrainian military has accused Russia-backed separatists in the eastern region known as the Donbas of violating a new cease-fire agreement shortly after it went into force.

 

The cease-fire, agreed by in talks including representatives of Russia, Ukraine, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, took effect on March 5 just after midnight.

 

But Kyiv's headquarters for military operations in the east said that the separatists targeted government positions near the city of Shchastsya in the Luhansk region with grenade launchers, mortars, and other weapons at about 1 a.m.

 

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