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This is an archive article published on December 2, 2014
Ukraine government, rebels agree on new cease-fire
The hostilities between Ukraine government and rebels are expected to cease along a new peace contract.
In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, a woman lights a candle before a service in the St. Olga and St. Vladimir Cathedral in Simferopol, Crimea. The property has come under threat from Crimea’s pro-Moscow leaders.International monitors in eastern Ukraine say government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces in the Luhansk region have agreed on a new cease-fire.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in a statement late Monday that hostilities will cease Friday along the line of contact between the warring sides.
The OSCE said it was agreed at negotiations that took place Saturday that heavy weapons will start being withdrawn from the front at the weekend.
A similar deal was reached Monday to end fighting over the airport in the capital of the more heavily populated Donetsk region, but rocket barrages continued for hours in that area all the same.
A cease-fire was nominally agreed in early September, but hundreds have been killed since then amid daily violations of that truce.
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