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The Guardian: Call for immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as fighting intensifies

Published Jan. 31, 2015 at 4:15 pm

The corpse of a woman who died following shelling between Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists, lies on her house porch near a coffin brought by neighbors, on Jan. 28, 2015 in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.

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Ceasefire call comes after more than 20 civilians and 15 Ukrainian soldiers are killed in clashes with Russian-backed separatists.

The head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine following a rapid deterioration of the situation in the past 24 hours.