Ukrainian President Plans Cease-Fire Talks Amid Violence

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet government officials from conflict-wracked regions as he seeks to muster support for his proposed unilateral cease-fire amid reports of fighting in the east.

As the president prepares for today’s cease-fire plan meetings that aim to quell months of violence in the country’s easternmost regions, NATO chief condemned Russia for a new buildup of forces near its border with Ukraine. Russia said the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine was reaching new levels, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.