Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatist forces are to begin an “immediate and comprehensive” cease-fire by the start of Sunday (2 p.m. PST on Saturday).
Both sides are to pull heavy weapons back from the front line from 15 miles to 42 miles depending on their caliber, creating a much wider buffer zone than specified under the September agreement.
All foreign fighters, “mercenaries” and their weapons are to leave Ukraine, a reference to the troops that Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of sending into eastern Ukraine.
Russia has been under pressure from the West to free Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian air force officer …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
