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Two years after a ceasefire was supposed bring peace to eastern Ukraine a low grade war continues between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed separatist rebels - much to the dismay of the government in Kyiv and its Western allies.

In Berlin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sept. 8 that much work is still “urgently needed” to get a ceasefire implemented.

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