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BBC: Ukraine deal with pro-Russian rebels at Minsk talks

By BBC.
From left to right:- Representative of self proclamed \"People Republic of Donetsk\", Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, rebel leader of \"People Republic of Luhansk\" Igor Plotnitsky , OSCE envoy Heidi Tagliavini, leave the hall to give an official statement on the signing of the ceasefire agreement between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels in Minsk on Sep. 5, 2014.
Photo by AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV

Ukraine's government and pro-Russia rebels have agreed a memorandum on a peace plan for the eastern conflict.

The nine-point deal includes setting up a 30km (19-mile) buffer zone, a ban on overflights of part of eastern Ukraine by military aircraft and the withdrawal of "foreign mercenaries" on both sides.

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