Russia's Foreign Minister says that a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was holding, "in general," and said he hoped talks on the status of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions would begin soon.
It comes after the EU adopted new sanctions against Russia over its destabilisation of Ukraine, though Brussels didn't say when they would be put into effect.
Tom Barton reports.
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