Ukraine´s new President Petro Poroshenko said earlier today that he would soon order a unilateral ceasefire in the separatist east as part of a broader plan to end the 10-week insurgency.
“The peace plan begins with my order for a unilateral ceasefire,” the Interfax-Ukraine news agency quoted the Western-backed leader as saying.
“Immediately after that, we must receive support for the presidential peace plan from all sides involved (in the conflict). This should happen very shortly.”
Poroshenko´s announcement came after a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in which the two leaders discussed a long-term solution to the pro-Kremlin uprising gripping Ukraine´s eastern rustbelt since early April.
