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Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko announced on Wednesday that he would soon order a unilateral ceasefire in the separatist east to help end the 10-week pro-Russian insurgency.

(dpa) - NATO calls on Moscow to cease its support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and abide by its international agreements following a deadly offensive on the city of Mariupol.

The United States confirmed on Friday reports that a convoy of armoured vehicles including three T-64 Russian tanks moved into Ukraine from Russia and are now in the hands of the rebels.

A powerful bomb blast in India's restive northeast -- plagued for decades by separatist violence -- has killed nine labourers and injured about 21 other people, police said Saturday.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin warned that Ukraine is on the verge of civil war, the Kremlin said Wednesday, after the Kiev government sent in troops against pro-Moscow separatists in the east of the country.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says a "roadmap" will be prepared to end fighting between troops and pro-Russian separatists in the east.

DONETSK, Ukraine, Nov 09, 2014 (AFP) - Intense artillery fighting broke out early Sunday in the separatist bastion of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to AFP journalists in the area.

KIEV, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military said on Sunday a ceasefire between government troops and pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine is being observed "in general" and that rebel attacks are infrequent and not widespread.