RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin says that he and the leaders of
France, Germany and Ukraine have agreed on the withdrawal of heavy
weapons from Ukraine’s front lines and a ceasefire to begin from
February 15.
After 15 hours of talks in the Belarussian capital, Mr Putin said
agreements had been signed, one declaring the ceasefire, the other to
implement it.
“We have managed to agree on the main things,” a visibly pleased Mr
Putin told reporters in Minsk after marathon talks that began Wednesday
evening.
“We have agreed on a ceasefire,” he said, but stressed that Kiev was still unwilling to directly negotiate with rebels
Meanwhile,
both rebels and government troops reported fighting across eastern
Ukraine, and questions remain whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels
have agreed on all of its terms.
Mr Putin told reporters that the
agreement envisages a ceasefire that will be effective starting from
8am Sunday AEDT as well as a special status for the rebel regions,
provisions on border controls and humanitarian issues.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, however, denied that there was any agreement about autonomy in eastern Ukraine.
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