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Ukraine and Russia agree to implement ceasefire

Source: BBC News:
December 9, 2019 at 19:04
EPA Image caption (L-R): Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, France's Emmanuel Macron, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Germany's Angela Merkel at the Élysée Palace in Paris
EPA Image caption (L-R): Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, France's Emmanuel Macron, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Germany's Angela Merkel at the Élysée Palace in Paris
Ukraine and Russia have agreed to implement a "full and comprehensive" ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by the end of 2019, after top-level talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky met face to face in Paris on Monday.

Five-and-a-half years of fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed rebels have cost 13,000 lives.

The negotiations were brokered by the leaders of France and Germany.

They follow a big prisoner swap and the withdrawal of Ukraine's military from three key areas on the front line.

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