Ukraine truce largely holds
Planned peace talks between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were postponed yesterday but a ceasefire appeared to be largely holding along the frontline in the ex-Soviet republic's war-shattered east.
The Ukrainian foreign ministry said negotiations with the insurgents involving Russian and European envoys in the Belarussian capital Minsk had been delayed and would probably not be held until Friday.
AFP reporters said fighting in the main rebel-held city of Donetsk had stopped abruptly at dawn after a night of artillery exchanges.
While observers waited to see if the ceasefire holds, fighting continued right up to the last moment with the government reporting the deaths of six soldiers on Monday.
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