Ukraine Battles Dent Poroshenko Optimism on Arms Pullback
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Shelling in Ukraine’s war-torn east damped optimism from President Petro Poroshenko that a sustained pause in hostilities between the military and pro-Russian separatists would trigger a pull-back of heavy weaponry.
Two soldiers died and six were wounded in the last 24 hours as rebels continue to break a month-long cease-fire, military spokesman Volodymyr Polovyi told reporters today in Kiev. One civilian was killed in Donetsk, according to the city council, which said today in a website statement that fighting could be heard through the night.