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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcome Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's declaration of a unilateral cease-fire as a first step towards a peace plan to resolve the two-month-old uprising. However, rebels in eastern Ukraine continue attacks on military bases and border checkpoints, challenging the cease-fire.
Friday, 20 June, 2014