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Ukraine’s cease-fire jeopardized by deadly attack

By Vladimir Isachenkov
Published June 24, 2014 8:52pm ET
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Ukraine’s cease-fire jeopardized by deadly attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after his meeting with Austrian President Heinz Fischer in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The Russian President visited Vienna on Tuesday, where he met with the Austrian leadership and officials from the Organization for Security and Co-operation who had helped broker peace talks between Kiev and Moscow. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service) | Alexei Nikolsky

MOSCOW (AP) — The shaky cease-fire in Ukraine was thrown into peril Tuesday when pro-Moscow separatists shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter, killing nine servicemen.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned he may end the weeklong truce ahead of time. The deadly attack came a day after the rebels vowed to respect the cease-fire, which began last Friday.

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