Obama is ‘hopeful’ but with other Nato leaders expresses scepticism over longer term success of the truceA tentative ceasefire is holding in eastern Ukraine tonight after Kiev agreed a truce with separatist rebels that included a pullback of weapons and the release of prisoners; it held out the best hope so far for an end to a five-month conflict that has killed more than 2,000 people.The Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko ordered government forces to stop fighting at dusk, while negotiators in Minsk finally came up with agreements on prisoner exchanges and the delivery of humanitarian aid, putting some …read more
Source: The Guardian
