DONETSK, Ukraine - Pro-Russian separatists declared a cease-fire on June 23 in a surprise move that they said they hoped would lead to a settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
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New York Times: Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine match government cease-fire
A girl cries as she embraces her boyfriend, a new volunteer recruit of the Ukrainian army 'Azov' battalion heading towards the eastern regions, after a military oath ceremony in Kyiv, on June 23, 2014. Some 600 new volunteer recruits of the battalion, mainly representatives of the eastern Donbass region of Ukraine, who followed combat training during three weeks will take part in the military operation against armed pro-Russian militants in the east of the country.
