Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian peace efforts stalled Wednesday after pro-Russian insurgents called their own elections in defiance of a deal under which they and the Ukrainian army began withdrawing heavy weapons after five months of war.Separatists in the Russian-speaking industrial east Tuesday brushed off President Petro Poroshenko’s limited self-rule offer and announced plans to set up independent parliaments in self-organised polls on November 2.The declaration amounted to a slap in the face of Poroshenko — a pro-Western leader who since his May election has been trying to quell a revolt that has devastated Ukraine’s economy and revived a Cold War-era …read more
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