Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he and the leaders of
France, Germany and Ukraine
had agreed on the withdrawal of heavy weapons from Ukraine’s frontlines and a
ceasefire to begin from Feb. 15.
“We have managed to agree on the main points,” Putin told
reporters in the Belarussian capital Minsk
after marathon talks that began Wednesday evening.
“We have agreed on a ceasefire from midnight February 15,” he
said.
“The second point that I believe to be extremely important is the
withdrawal of heavy weapons from today’s line of contact for Ukrainian troops
and from the line stipulated in the Sept. 19 Minsk agreements for Donbass …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
