War-torn Ukraine to test sweeping new ceasefire
1:50 HRS IST
Kyiv, Dec 8 (AFP) Ukraine and pro-Russian insurgents
prepared to put to the test a comprehensive truce on Tuesday
aimed at calming an upsurge of violence that has further
eroded trust between Moscow and the West.
Local authorities today reported the deaths of at least
12 civilians over a bloody weekend in which government forces
and organised militias exchanged volleys of Grad rocket fire
across the devastated industrial east.