Ukraine's president says a ceasefire deal with Russia has been reached, reports GHN based on dw.de
Ukraine's president, Petro Poroshenko, says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on a "permanent ceasefire" in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday.
The brief statement gave little details, and there has been no immediate reaction from the Russian-backed separatists whom Ukraine's forces have been fighting since April.
"Mutual understanding was achieved concerning the steps which will enable the establishment of peace," the statement also said after Poroshenko and President Putin spoke by telephone.
Kyiv and Western powers allege that Russia has sent troops into Ukraine to back the rebels, but Moscow has rejected the claims.