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21 Apr 2014

Ukraine peace deal falters as rebels show no sign of surrender

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Pro-Russia protesters sing and dance near a barricade outside a regional government building in DonetskBy Richard Balmforth and Aleksandar Vasovic KIEV/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine was faltering on Monday, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized. U.S. and European officials say they will hold Moscow responsible and impose new economic sanctions if the separatists do not clear out of government buildings they have occupied across swathes of eastern Ukraine over the past two weeks. Washington, which signed last week's accord in Geneva along with Moscow, Kiev and the European Union, said it would decide "in days" on additional sanctions if Russia does not take steps to implement the agreement.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-peace-deal-falters-rebels-show-no-sign-205512459.html