Poroshenko declares unilateral ceasefire

Ukraine's President Poroshenko has declared a week-long unilateral ceasefire in fighting with pro-Russian militants.
It comes a day after Mr Poroshenko held his second phone conversation this week with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, according to news agencies.
The ceasefire had been expected ahead of the implementation of a peace plan.
However, correspondents say pro-Russian insurgents seem to have no intention of laying down their arms, or even observing the ceasefire at all.
Meanwhile: A senior Ukrainian separatist leader  Friday rejected the terms of President Petro Poroshenko's peace plan, saying the pro-Russian rebels would not disarm until Kiev pulled back its forces.
"No one will lay down their arms until a full troop withdrawal from our land," the Interfax-Ukraine news agency quoted Valeriy Bolotov, leader of the self-declared Lugansk People's Republic, as saying.