Ukraine crisis: 'Military threat from east to remain' despite truce, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has said a "military threat from the east" will remain even if a ceasefire holds between government troops and pro-Russian rebels in the east.
Mr Poroshenko's warning is widely seen as an indirect reference to Russia.
Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of helping the rebels with weapons and soldiers - a claim denied by Moscow.
The two sides say they are now withdrawing their heavy weapons from the front line under the truce deal.
The process is yet to be officially confirmed by international monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
The ceasefire - agreed in Minsk, Belarus - came into effect on 15 February but the rebels seized the key town of Debaltseve just days later.
Fighting began in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions - known as Donbas - last April, a month after Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula......Read More
Mr Poroshenko's warning is widely seen as an indirect reference to Russia.
Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of helping the rebels with weapons and soldiers - a claim denied by Moscow.
The two sides say they are now withdrawing their heavy weapons from the front line under the truce deal.
The process is yet to be officially confirmed by international monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
The ceasefire - agreed in Minsk, Belarus - came into effect on 15 February but the rebels seized the key town of Debaltseve just days later.
Fighting began in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions - known as Donbas - last April, a month after Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula......Read More
