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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11149
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) ukraine

Ceasefire agreement from Minsk gives Russia respite

Brussels, 05/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - At the time of EUROPE going to press on Friday 5 September, the Ukrainian government and heads of the pro-Russian separatist forces in Eastern Ukraine were in the process of confirming the signature of a ceasefire agreement, mid-afternoon in Minsk. This memorandum of understanding, which was concluded under the contact group (comprising representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the pro-Russian rebels and the OSCE), was due to put the implementation of...