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Ukraine crisis: Leaders agree peace roadmap Ukraine crisis: Leaders agree peace roadmap
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A ceasefire will begin in eastern Ukraine on 15 February, the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have announced. A deal aimed at ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine has been agreed, following marathon talks in Belarus.
"We have managed to agree on the main issues," Russia's Vladimir Putin said after marathon talks with Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko, as well the leaders of France and Germany. The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France announced that a ceasefire would begin on 15 February.
French President Francois Hollande said a "serious deal" had been reached, although work remained to be done. The deal also involves the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line, but some issues remain to be settled.
Thousands of people have been killed in the fighting in the east of Ukraine. The leaders said pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine had signed the agreement. Thousands of people have died in almost a year of fighting.
The meeting in Belarus - which lasted for about 17 hours - was focused on securing a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a demilitarised zone in Eastern Ukraine. French President Francois Hollande said he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would ask their European Union partners to support the deal at a summit later on Thursday.
Mr Putin said the agreement also established a line from which heavy weaponry would be pulled back. Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels have accepted the deal, the leaders said. The agreement - reached after 17 hours of negotiations in Minsk - includes:
Mr Hollande said he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would ask their European Union partners to support it at a summit later in the day. However the deal was not a "comprehensive solution" nor a "breakthrough", Germany's foreign minister said.
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