Ukraine crisis: Leaders agree peace roadmap

If the Minsk ceasefire failed last September, then how is this different and could it work?

 

For the rebels, the new ceasefire line is the same as the old one, so they lose some of the territory they have gained. But government forces must pull back from the current front line, and territory they have lost since January is confirmed as lost.

 

It separates the two sides but in some areas not by much, and again it falls on international monitors to observe the truce.

 

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