[时事新闻]乌克兰东部停火协议于星期六生效

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A ceasefire is to take effect Saturday in eastern Ukraine.The ceasefire agreement came this week after all-nighttalks involving the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France andGermany. Yet the leaders admit many details are yet tobe worked out. Diplomats add that the agreement leftmany disputes unresolved.

About 20 people were killed in fierce fighting in the daysleading up to the talks in Belarus. The leaders agreed ona truce between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russianseparatist forces in eastern Ukraine. During the next twoweeks, the opposing sides are to exchange prisoners andwithdraw heavy weapons from the battlefield.

Russia supports the rebels. Russian President VladimirPutin says the agreement requires them to withdraw tothe former ceasefire line. He says Ukrainian forces are towithdraw from the current line, creating a wide, neutralarea.

Mr. Putin spoke to reporters Thursday morning, after theall-night negotiations.

In his words,

“It was not the best night of my life, but ithas been a good morning because we have managed toreach a major agreement.”

He said the agreement includes a Ukrainian promise toprovide constitutional guarantees of what he called “therights of the people” in two areas: Donetsk and Luhansk.The rebels have claimed both cities.

Ukraine’s new government has offered substantial self-rule for the two regions. But President Petro Poroshenkosaid the government will not go as far as Russia and therebels want.

The leaders of Germany and France launched this latesteffort to end the conflict in Ukraine’s east. They did so inan effort to stop the offensive by the rebels and avoid thepossibility of United States arms sales to Ukraine.

French President Francois Hollande said there isagreement on a political settlement of the nearly one-year-old Ukraine crisis. But he said all the details haveyet to be negotiated.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sounded less hopeful.She said the ceasefire agreement gives hope for asolution, but leaves a lot of work to do. She described theagreement as better t


han none at all.

Reports say the talks nearly broke down when rebelleaders refused to give up gains their forces had made inrecent weeks. But Mr. Hollande said President Putinpressed the separatist leaders to agree.

At least 5,300 people have been killed in the Ukrainianconflict. On Friday, Ukraine’s military reported that 11soldiers were killed in eastern Ukraine over the past 24hours.

Yaroslav Voitko is with the International Center for PolicyStudies in Kyiv. He says Ukraine is not willing to give therebels any more territory than they have alreadycaptured. The land is said to represent only about a thirdof what they want.

“It’s not about another kilometer of territory. It’s thematter of principle. We will not agree to any furthercaptures of our territories, but some compromise can bereached in the meantime on the ceasefire and stoppinghostilities.”

I’m Christopher Cruise.

本文来源于普特论坛[report整理] SENEWS-2015-02-14

乌克兰东部停火协议于星期六生效。这项停火协议是由乌克兰，俄国，法国和德国的领导人彻夜谈判，本周出台的。然而领导人们承认许多细节还有待商讨。外交官补充说到，这项协议留下了许多尚未解决的争端。

大约有20人在白俄罗斯会谈钱数日的激烈战争中丧命。领导人同意乌克兰军方和亲俄罗斯分裂势力之间在乌克兰东部地区休战。在接下来的两周，对立双方将交换俘虏并且从战场上撤下重型武器。

俄国支持叛军。俄国总统普京表示，该项协议要求他们撤回以前的停火线。他说，乌克兰军队将从前线撤出，创造一个宽广中立的地区。

普京在经历了彻夜会谈之后，于周四早上对记者发表讲话。

用他的话来说“这不是我生命中最好的晚上，但是是一个美好的早晨，因为我们已经达成了重要协议。”

他表示协议包括，乌克兰承诺提供他们所说的两个地区：顿涅茨克和卢干斯克人民权益提供宪法保障。反动派已经要求承认这两个城市的合法权益。

乌克兰新政府已经给两个地区提供实质性的自治。但是总统Petro Poroshenko表示，政府不会完全听从俄

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