Ukraine says ceasefire violations hold up creation of buffer zone




 
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Ukraine says ceasefire violations hold up creation of buffer zone
 
September 21st, 2014  
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Ukraine says ceasefire violations hold up creation of buffer zone
By Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military accused separatists and Russian troops on Sunday of continuing to shoot at government forces despite a Sept. 5 ceasefire and said Kiev would not go ahead with setting up a proposed buffer zone until the truce violations stopped. Ukraine's warring sides agreed on Friday to withdraw artillery and other heavy weapons to the outer limits of a 30 km (19 mile) buffer zone, building on the ceasefire in a conflict in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 3,000 people. ...

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