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  • 12 years ago
It's a fragile peace in the east .

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he hopes the ceasefire will hold in a crisis where the only solution is diplomatic.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT PETRO POROSHENKO, SAYING:

"There is no military solution for this crisis, and we should keep Ukraine united. As for keeping my country united we should decentralize power. And I'm proud that I would be the first president who would be ready to do that."

His comments come as the West launches another round of sanctions against Russia -- a move Moscow says is aimed at disrupting the peace process.

(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, SAYING:

"Our position is that making this type of decision at the very moment when the peace process is gaining stability - we hope - means choosing the path of disrupting the peace process."

Ukrainian forces have battled pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine for five months in a confli

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