- The presidents of Russia and Ukraine said on Saturday that a ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists was holding up fairly well and they discussed urgent humanitarian aid for the shattered region.
- “The two heads of state stated that overall the ceasefire was being implemented … (and) discussed steps to achieve a permanent ceasefire,” Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko said in a statement after his telephone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
More at Reuters: Leaders of Russia, Ukraine say ceasefire holding, more steps needed
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Then, in a later report: Artillery fire heard, blaze seen near port in east Ukraine – Reuters witness:
- Prolonged artillery fire was heard late on Saturday to the east of the port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters reporter said, in what may be the first significant violation of a ceasefire declared little more than 24 hours earlier
Just out of interest are there still plonkers insisting there is nothing going on, or have they moved on from that lie?
