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Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko to present peace plan | |
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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko is set to unveil a 14-point peace plan to end the fighting in the east of the country. | Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko is set to unveil a 14-point peace plan to end the fighting in the east of the country. |
It comes after Mr Poroshenko held his second phone conversation this week with Russia's President Vladimir Putin. | |
Details of the plan have appeared in Ukrainian media. | Details of the plan have appeared in Ukrainian media. |
It promises to decentralise power and calls for immediate disarmament in eastern Ukraine where government forces are battling pro-Russia separatists. | It promises to decentralise power and calls for immediate disarmament in eastern Ukraine where government forces are battling pro-Russia separatists. |
It also apparently proposes the creation of a 10km (6 miles) buffer zone on the Ukrainian-Russian border, and early local and parliamentary elections. | |
Mr Poroshenko has already announced intentions to introduce a unilateral ceasefire by government forces ahead of the peace plan being implemented. | |
Earlier this week, he said a "brief" truce - expected within days - would to allow "Russian mercenaries" to leave Ukraine. | |
Meanwhile heavy fighting is continuing between troops and pro-Russian rebels near the town of Krasny Liman in Donetsk region. | |
And Nato says Russia has moved troops back to the Ukrainian border. | |
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