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Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin Agree On Importance Of Ceasefire In Eastern Ukraine
The leaders of Germany, France and Russia met on Saturday and agreed on the importance of implementing a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, agreed under the Minsk accords, a German government spokesman said.
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Angela Merkel, Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko Agree To Get Back To Minsk Ceasefire Deal
A ceasefire agreement signed in February 2015 in Minsk that aims to end the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists has failed to end artillery fighting.
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Ukraine Warns European Union to Avoid Sanctions Split
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned EU leaders on Thursday to keep the pressure on Russia and not allow President Vladimir Putin to exploit their differences over sanctions.
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Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko Says Truce Not Working, Urges More Russia Sanctions: Report
Ukraine's president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a ceasefire with Ukrainian troops and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper to be published on Monday.
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Residents Return to 'Hellish' Ruins in Ukraine Town
Not a single building in Nikishyne escaped undamaged after months of intense bombardment, which helped shrink the village of 700 to a handful residents as fighting raged in eastern Ukraine.
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US Plan to Train Ukraine National Guard 'On Hold'
A US plan to train Ukrainian national guard troops is "on hold" pending implementation of a ceasefire deal between government troops and Russian-backed rebels, a spokesman for US forces in Europe said on Friday.
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Barack Obama, European Leaders Discuss Ukraine, Global Security
U.S. President Barack Obama and European leaders held a video conference on Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, and France said all agreed that a "strong reaction" would be necessary if the ceasefire reached last month in Minsk was violated.
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Pro-Russian Rebels Demonstrate Arms Pull-Back in Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels today took journalists to see a column of artillery pieces being moved, saying it proved that their forces were withdrawing heavy weapons in line with a truce.
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Fears for Truce as Attacking Rebels Mass Near Ukraine Port City
Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine's port city of Mariupol are continuing to attack government troop positions, Kiev said on Monday, fuelling concerns for the fate of a UN-backed ceasefire.
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Germany, France Demand Crumbling Ukraine Ceasefire be 'Fully Respected'
Germany and France demanded on Friday that a crumbling Ukraine truce be "fully respected" even as pro-Russian rebels celebrated a battlefield victory in a strategic town and exchanged artillery fire elsewhere with government troops.
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Barack Obama Tells Petro Poroshenko of 'Deep Concern' Over Ukraine Violence
US President Barack Obama called his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Saturday to express his "deep concern" and "sympathy" over spiraling violence as a ceasefire came into force in eastern Ukraine.
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UN Security Council to Meet on Sunday for Ukraine Ceasefire
The UN Security Council is expected to meet tomorrow for an emergency session to shore up the Minsk ceasefire deal for east Ukraine, diplomats said.
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Ukraine Fight Kills 27 As Clock Ticks to Ceasefire
Fighting raged in Ukraine on Friday with the clock ticking down to a ceasefire as the US said Russia was still deploying heavy arms and Kiev warned that the shelling of civilians had intensified since the truce agreement.
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Europe Warns Russia Over Ukraine Deal
European powers warned Russia it risked fresh sanctions if a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 10-month war between Ukraine troops and pro-Moscow rebels was not implemented.
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Ukraine to Seek 'Unconditional Ceasefire' During Talks:Petro Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said today that Kiev would seek a "ceasefire without any conditions" during the upcoming talks in Belarus's capital Minsk on the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
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Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin Agree On Importance Of Ceasefire In Eastern Ukraine
The leaders of Germany, France and Russia met on Saturday and agreed on the importance of implementing a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, agreed under the Minsk accords, a German government spokesman said.
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Angela Merkel, Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko Agree To Get Back To Minsk Ceasefire Deal
A ceasefire agreement signed in February 2015 in Minsk that aims to end the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists has failed to end artillery fighting.
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Ukraine Warns European Union to Avoid Sanctions Split
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned EU leaders on Thursday to keep the pressure on Russia and not allow President Vladimir Putin to exploit their differences over sanctions.
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Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko Says Truce Not Working, Urges More Russia Sanctions: Report
Ukraine's president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a ceasefire with Ukrainian troops and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper to be published on Monday.
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Residents Return to 'Hellish' Ruins in Ukraine Town
Not a single building in Nikishyne escaped undamaged after months of intense bombardment, which helped shrink the village of 700 to a handful residents as fighting raged in eastern Ukraine.
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US Plan to Train Ukraine National Guard 'On Hold'
A US plan to train Ukrainian national guard troops is "on hold" pending implementation of a ceasefire deal between government troops and Russian-backed rebels, a spokesman for US forces in Europe said on Friday.
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Barack Obama, European Leaders Discuss Ukraine, Global Security
U.S. President Barack Obama and European leaders held a video conference on Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, and France said all agreed that a "strong reaction" would be necessary if the ceasefire reached last month in Minsk was violated.
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Pro-Russian Rebels Demonstrate Arms Pull-Back in Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels today took journalists to see a column of artillery pieces being moved, saying it proved that their forces were withdrawing heavy weapons in line with a truce.
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Fears for Truce as Attacking Rebels Mass Near Ukraine Port City
Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine's port city of Mariupol are continuing to attack government troop positions, Kiev said on Monday, fuelling concerns for the fate of a UN-backed ceasefire.
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Germany, France Demand Crumbling Ukraine Ceasefire be 'Fully Respected'
Germany and France demanded on Friday that a crumbling Ukraine truce be "fully respected" even as pro-Russian rebels celebrated a battlefield victory in a strategic town and exchanged artillery fire elsewhere with government troops.
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Barack Obama Tells Petro Poroshenko of 'Deep Concern' Over Ukraine Violence
US President Barack Obama called his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Saturday to express his "deep concern" and "sympathy" over spiraling violence as a ceasefire came into force in eastern Ukraine.
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UN Security Council to Meet on Sunday for Ukraine Ceasefire
The UN Security Council is expected to meet tomorrow for an emergency session to shore up the Minsk ceasefire deal for east Ukraine, diplomats said.
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Ukraine Fight Kills 27 As Clock Ticks to Ceasefire
Fighting raged in Ukraine on Friday with the clock ticking down to a ceasefire as the US said Russia was still deploying heavy arms and Kiev warned that the shelling of civilians had intensified since the truce agreement.
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Europe Warns Russia Over Ukraine Deal
European powers warned Russia it risked fresh sanctions if a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 10-month war between Ukraine troops and pro-Moscow rebels was not implemented.
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Ukraine to Seek 'Unconditional Ceasefire' During Talks:Petro Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said today that Kiev would seek a "ceasefire without any conditions" during the upcoming talks in Belarus's capital Minsk on the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
