A long-awaited truce appeared to be taking hold at last in east Ukraine on Feb. 25 as pro-Russian rebels pulled artillery from the front, but the news did nothing to halt a currency collapse that forced the central bank to ban most trading.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Ukraine truce appears to take hold; currency trading banned
A militant of the self-proclaimed \"People's Republic of Donetsk\" stands guard during a prisoner exchange with Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on February 21, 2015 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Frunze near Lugansk.
