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Fighting abates except in contested Ukraine city: Reports

By Tara Copp
Published February 15, 2015 3:32pm ET
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Fighting abates except in contested Ukraine city: Reports
Ukrainian government soldier walks atop of his armored vehicle on the road between the towns of Dabeltseve and Artemivsk, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. International attention will be focused in the coming days on the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve, where Ukrainian government forces have for weeks been fending off severe onslaughts from pro-Russian separatists. A cease-fire was declared in eastern Ukraine, kindling slender hopes of a reprieve from a conflict that has claimed more than 5,300 lives. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) | Petr David Josek

The first night of a negotiated ceasefire in Ukraine passed with most fighting stopped except for the contested city of Debaltseve, according to news reports.

According to representatives for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, international monitors there to independently verify the situation, the ceasefire “is largely holding” in Eastern Ukraine, according to early Sunday reports from CNN International.

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