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JUDY WOODRUFF (NewsHour): This weeks NATO summit, dominated by the crisis in Ukraine and fears over the Islamic State group, came to a close today in Wales, just as a deal was finalized which could end the fighting in Eastern Ukraine.
Jeffrey Brown has the story.
PRESIDENT PETRO POROSHENKO, Ukraine: I give an order to chief of my military to declare a cease-fire in an half-an-hour’s time.
JEFFREY BROWN: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made the announcement outside the NATO summit in Wales shortly before 4:00 p.m./11:00 a.m. Eastern time. He said his government had agreed to a framework for peace with Russian-backed separatists.
PETRO POROSHENKO: This is a very important change not only for Ukraine, not only the region, for the whole world, about the security.
JEFFREY BROWN: The agreement came following talks in Belarus today among representatives of Russia, Ukraine,the separatists, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. A separatist leader, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, spoke after the deal was reached.
ALEKSANDR ZAKHARCHENKO, Prime Minister, Donetsk People’s Republic (through interpreter): The cease-fire will allow us to save not only civilian lives, but also the lives of the people who took up arms in order to defend their land and ideals, their targets and their goals.
"Will the cease-fire between Ukraine and Russian separatists last?" PBS NewsHour 9/5/2014
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SUMMARY: From the NATO summit, world leaders expressed their support for the ceasefire between Ukraine and Russian separatists. However, previous peacemaking delays and further violence have given reason for doubt. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago.
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