A fresh ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region is expected to be announced on August 23, according to Berlin and Moscow.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesperson, Steffen Seibert, revealed that Merkel took part in a four-way telephone conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko late on August 22, where the four leaders agreed to back a proposed truce deal in time for the beginning of the school year.
