Reporter David Patrikarakos is posting photos on Twitter of his trip in the war zone in eastern Ukraine:
Talk of a unilateral cease-fire:
...And Ukraine's new parliament has its first fisticuffs. The more things change...
More on a new Ukrainian cease-fire:
President Petro Poroshenko says the Ukrainian military will halt its fire across the separatist east on December 9 under the terms of a peace deal signed in Minsk in September.
A statement on Poroshenko's official website on December 4 said the decision for the unilateral cease-fire was made at a meeting with Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, and other security officials.
According to the presidential website, unspecified measures will be considered if the pro-Russian militias don't abide by the Minsk agreement.
An unnamed source in Poroshenko's office told AFP that the president's statement meant that Ukraine would begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the eastern frontline on December 10 if the separatists also observe the truce. (AFP, Interfax, and TASS)