WorldNews Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 [attach=full]17963[/attach]Pro-Russian forces massing near Ukraine's port city of Mariupol are continuing to attack government troop positions, Kiev said on Monday, fuelling concerns for the fate of a UN-backed ceasefire. Continued hostilities meant a pull-back of heavy weapons could not go ahead as agreed, Ukrainian officials said. "As Ukrainian positions are still being fired upon there can be no talk yet of a withdrawal of arms," military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov wrote in a statement on Facebook on Monday. Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia, plummeted some 10 percent on Monday because of the instability. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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