'Normandy Four' agrees on ceaseifre from midnight, February 15 — Putin

MINSK, February 12. /TASS/. The participants of the so-called Normandy format talks on settlemet of the conflict in Ukraine have agreed on ceaseifre from midnight, February 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin told journalists after an almost 16-hour meeting. "Despite all difficulties in the negotiating process, we managed to agree on the main issue," Putin said. The leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine held consultations on the Ukraine peace settlement throughout the night. In the past few hours, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) special envoy to Ukraine, Heidi Tagliavini, joined the Normandy format talks, coming from a meeting of the Contact Group on the resolution of the ongoing military conflict in the southeast of Ukraine. Read more