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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko rejected a ceasefire offer sent last week by Vladimir Putin, according to a Moscow spokesman. On Jan. 19, Poroshenko vowed to retake captured Ukrainian land. As Ukrainian troops recaptured nearly all of the territory surrounding Donetsk airport over the weekend, the Kremlin accused President Petro Poroshenko on Jan. 18 of rejecting a peace offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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