New Ceasefire Comes Into Force in Donbass

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A new ceasefire is coming into force in Ukraine’s troubled southeast (Donbass) on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The ceasefire agreement was reached between Ukraine’s conflicting sides during a Contact Group meeting in August. The Trilateral Contact Group, which includes representatives from Kiev, Donbass, Russia, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), hold regular meetings in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, aimed at facilitating a diplomatic resolution to the armed conflict in Ukraine’s southeast.

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