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Poroshenko says no shooting, no casualties in Donbas over last 24 hours, first time since conflict began

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Sept. 11, 2015 at 11:33 am

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (C) speaks during an extended sitting of the Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv on Sept. 8.

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that Donbas has seen no casualties or shooting in the last 24 hours, which is the first time this has happened in a year and a half.

“I want to say that today there is the first day for a year and a half, when within the last 24 hours we had no casualties or shooting. My congratulations,” he said at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv on Sept. 11.