European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger addresses a news conference in Vienna June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's president said on Monday he had ordered troops to regain control of the frontier with Russia to pave the way for a truce and peace talks after weeks of fighting with pro-Russian separatists.
President Petro Poroshenko did not say how long the truce should last in Ukraine's east, where the rebels have risen up against central rule, but he said it could start only if the long and porous border was secure.
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