Fresh ceasefire begins in eastern Ukraine
Under the deal the use of any weapons is prohibited
27 July, 12:41Under the terms of the agreement, the use of any weapons, including small arms, is prohibited. Since the conflict broke out between Kiev forces and pro-Moscow separatists in 2014, there have been numerous attempts to end the fighting but those ceasefires never held long enough to pave the way for peace talks. On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss the ceasefire agreement and steps to end the war. Putin stressed the importance of implementing a Western-mediated peace deal agreed in Minsk in 2015, the Kremlin said. (ANSA-AFP). (ANSA).