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Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov. PHOTO: AFP


Lavrov Announces Truce in Eastern Ukraine

Lavrov Announces Truce in Eastern Ukraine

Munich, Moscow- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Saturday that a truce in eastern Crimea will start as of Monday. The agreement was reached after a meeting in Germany’s Munich in which each of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France participated....
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A pro-Russian rebel looks at the door of a house, with “There are people” written on it, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuglegirsk in the Donetsk region, on on February 7, 2015 (AFP PHOTO/ ANDREY BORODULIN)


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Ukrainian servicemen ride on an armored vehicle in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk on September 20, 2014. (Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili)


Buffer zone agreed on in Ukrainian peace talks

Buffer zone agreed on in Ukrainian peace talks

Minsk, AP—Negotiators in Ukrainian peace talks agreed early Saturday to create a buffer zone to separate government troops and pro-Russian militants and withdraw heavy weapons and foreign fighters in order to ensure a stable truce in eastern Ukraine. The deal reached...