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Military tensions between the United States and Russia continue to keep Eastern Europe on edge, even as the warring parties of Ukraine’s conflict entered into a fragile cease-fire. The Ukrainian armed forces, which receive U.S. and Western support, have faced off with eastern separatist insurgents accused of receiving support from Russia for six years and on Sunday the two sides began an official truce negotiated last week by Kyiv, Moscow and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

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