http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29044170
10:24: Here’s that Russian denial in full: “Putin and Poroshenko really discussed the steps that would contribute to a ceasefire between the militia and the Ukrainian forces. Russia cannot physically agree to a ceasefire because it is not a party to the conflict,” Russian news agency RIA quotes President Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, as saying.
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10:44: President Obama has urged European members of Nato to do their fair share of defence spending to bolster the alliance. He said the international community needs to give the Ukrainian economy short-term support, but warned “we’re going to have more work to do”.
10:42: If Russia is prepared to stop “financing, arming and training troops”, then the Ukraine crisis can be resolved, says President Obama.
10:38: More from Mr Obama, who says no resolution to the Ukraine conflict is possible as long as Russia continues to send “troops disguised as separatists” there.
10:37: President Obama added that America’s preference is for a strong productive cooperative Russia, but that must be achieved by abiding by international norms.
10:34: US President Barack Obama says “it’s too early to tell what the ceasefire means...we have consistently supported the efforts of President Poroshenko to achieve a meaningful ceasefire in the conflict,” speaking live from Tallinn, Estonia.
in other words, Ukraine took the bait, declared a ceasefire agreement, now Putin will tell them the terms.......
BBC:
10:59: Ukraine’s President Poroshenko has not agreed to a ceasefire with the “Donetsk people’s republic”, self-styled deputy prime minister of the breakaway republic Andrey Purgin says - BBC Monitoring via RIA Novosti news agency.
10:59: A pro-Moscow separatist leader tells Reuters the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the east is the main condition for peace in separatist-held areas. Vladimir Antyufeyev, a leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said talk of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was a “provocation” because Russia was not a party to the conflict, the agency reports.
10:58: While Nato heads of state in Estonia focus on the Kremlin’s role in Ukraine, President Putin is meeting his Mongolian counterpart in Ulan Bator to talk about more trade and better transit links.