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After more than four months of bloodshed, a cease-fire in Ukraineâs rebellious east largely held back fighting Saturday, but appeared fragile as both sides of the conflict claimed the others had violated the agreement
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fter more than four months of bloodshed, a cease-fire in Ukraine's rebellious east largely held back fighting Saturday, but appeared fragile as both sides of the conflict claimed the others had violated the agreement.
A statement from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's appeared to make glancing reference to the cease-fire's tentativeness, saying said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed steps 'for giving the cease-fire a stable character' in a telephone conversation Saturday. But, it said, both leaders assessed the cease-fire as having been 'fulfilled as a whole'.
But Western leaders voiced skepticism over Russia's commitment to the deal. A previous 10-day cease-fire, which each side repeatedly accused the other of violating, yielded few results at the negotiating table.
US President Barack Obama said he was hopeful the cease-fire would hold but unsure the rebels would follow through and that Russia would stop violating Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. 'It has to be tested,' Obama said Friday at the closing of a two-day NATO summit in Wales.
