1 Ukraine cease-fire: A renewed cease-fire in eastern Ukraine has held for more than 10 days, creating the possibility that political talks can move forward to resolve the conflict, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Saturday. Despite a cease-fire declared in February, both Ukrainian troops and the Russia-backed separatists carried out regular artillery strikes until they pledged anew to implement the truce on Sept. 1. The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France gathered in Berlin on Saturday night to discuss implementation of the February cease-fire, ahead of a summit of the countries’ …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
