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Ukraine's president ordered his
country's troops to stop fighting as a ceasefire agreed with pro-Russian
rebels was due to come into force.
Petro Poroshenko also warned rebels against continuing their attacks on the besieged town of Debaltseve.Rebel leaders in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions earlier ordered their forces to cease fire from midnight local time (22:00 GMT).
Fighting raged near Debaltseve just hours before the truce kicked in.
Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of sending troops and weapons to help the separatists in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions - a claim the Kremlin vehemently denies.
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