Ukraine's Poroshenko calls Minsk agreement 'pseudo-ceasefire'


BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called the Minsk agreement a "pseudo-ceasefire" in an interview due to be aired on German television channel ZDF later on Wednesday.

Despite Kiev and Moscow agreeing to a truce in February, shooting has continued around the coastal town of Shyrokyne, near the strategic port city of Mariupol.

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