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Ukraine and Russia agree to implement ceasefire
December 9, 2019 at 19:04
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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