Ukraine’s military said pro-Russian separatists seem to be honoring the truce accord reached yesterday to stem months of bloodshed, while urging Russia to pull its troops back from the border to avoid provocations.
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This picture taken and released by Ukraine's presidential press-service on Aug. 15, 2014 shows Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko welcoming the 25 servicemen who had been released from captivity in the Donetsk region during a meeting in Kyiv.