Ukraine Ceasefire Still Holding

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Ukraine Sees Cease-Fire Holding As Russian Troops Poised -- Bloomberg

Ukraine's military said pro-Russian separatists seem to be honoring the truce accord reached yesterday to stem months of bloodshed, while urging Russia to pull its troops back from the border to avoid provocations.

No casualties have been reported in the past 24 hours,

military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in televised remarks in the capital Kiev, the first time that's happened since the insurgents unleashed a counteroffensive last month. Some rebel shelling occurred after the 6 p.m. start of the cease-fire, but so far the truce is holding, he said.

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