Report: Ukraine president proposing cease-fire
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Interfax news agency is reporting that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he will this week propose a detailed peace plan, including a cease-fire with separatist rebels in the country’s east.
Poroshenko made the remark as he opened a meeting of the country’s national security council. According to Interfax, he said “a cease-fire will be proposed as the beginning of implementation of the president’s peace plan.