Ukraine president says Russia, rebels resisted truce


  • World
  • Friday, 13 Feb 2015

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hailed solidarity from EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday and accused Moscow and pro-Russian rebels of taking the offensive after a deal was reached for a truce to start on Sunday.

(Reporting by Alastair Macdonald and Adrian Croft; @macdonaldrtr)

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