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Monday, June 30, 2014

Poroshenko ends Ukraine ceasefire, renews operations against rebels

Ukrainian President Poroshenko takes part in a meeting of the Security Council in Kiev Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday government forces would renew offensive operations against pro-Russian rebels and "free our lands", hours after a ceasefire to make way for peace talks with the rebels had expired. Shortly after a four-way phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and German and French leaders, Poroshenko blamed the rebels for failing to keep to the truce or follow a peace plan he had outlined. "The unique chance to implement the peace plan was not realised. They publicly declared their unwillingness to support the peace plan as a whole, and in particular the ceasefire." Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on Monday 27 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed since the ceasefire began on June 20.




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