The leaders of
Russia and Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin and President Petro
Poroshenko respectively have announced that a ceasefire will begin in
eastern Ukraine on 15 February.
"We have managed to agree on the main issues," Russia's Vladimir Putin said after marathon talks with Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko, as well the leaders of France and Germany.
French President Francois Hollande said a "serious deal" had been reached, although work remained to be done.
Thousands of people have been killed in the fighting in the east of Ukraine.
The meeting in Belarus - which lasted for 17 hours - was directed on securing a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a demilitarised zone in Eastern Ukraine.
Mr Putin said the agreement also established a line from which heavy weaponry would be pulled back. Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels have accepted the deal, the leaders said.
Mr Hollande said he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would ask their European Union partners to support it at a summit later in the day.
"We have managed to agree on the main issues," Russia's Vladimir Putin said after marathon talks with Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko, as well the leaders of France and Germany.
French President Francois Hollande said a "serious deal" had been reached, although work remained to be done.
Thousands of people have been killed in the fighting in the east of Ukraine.
The meeting in Belarus - which lasted for 17 hours - was directed on securing a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a demilitarised zone in Eastern Ukraine.
Mr Putin said the agreement also established a line from which heavy weaponry would be pulled back. Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels have accepted the deal, the leaders said.
Mr Hollande said he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would ask their European Union partners to support it at a summit later in the day.
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