Monday, March 2, 2015

Ukraine crisis OSCE monitors 'to be sent to truce violation areas' - BBC News


Ukraine crisis OSCE monitors 'to be sent to truce violation areas'

The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have agreed to send OSCE observers to areas of Ukraine where violations of a truce have been reported, Kiev says.

In a statement, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says the leaders - who spoke by phone - backed Kiev's proposal to begin with 10 locations in the east.

A statement on the Russian presidential website did not mention the proposal.

Both Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels say they are withdrawing heavy weapons.

A fragile ceasefire agreed in Minsk, Belarus, is said to be broadly holding, despite some fighting in recent days.

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