Rebels in war-torn eastern Ukraine said they have begun pulling back heavy weapons from the frontlines, as required by an internationally brokered cease-fire.
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![French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (right) meets with his counterparts including Russian Sergei Lavrov (2nd right), German Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2nd left) and Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin (right) at the French Foreign Affairs Ministry in Paris, Feb. 24, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/055c0734-3d4e-45cf-9e49-55092483f022_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (right) meets with his counterparts including Russian Sergei Lavrov (2nd right), German Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2nd left) and Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin (right) at the French Foreign Affairs Ministry in Paris, Feb. 24, 2015.
![Vera Savchenko (left), sister of Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot held in a Moscow jail on suspicion of involvement in the death of two Russian journalists, stands at a protest rally outside the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, Feb. 24.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8307e715-81d4-4fb4-8bcf-ce09aec4c96f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vera Savchenko (left), sister of Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot held in a Moscow jail on suspicion of involvement in the death of two Russian journalists, stands at a protest rally outside the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, Feb. 24.
![Thousands participate in a march on commemorating the events of a year ago, honoring the more than 100 protesters who died, Kyiv, Feb. 22, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/70e23300-a62c-4dc4-9d6f-5e28a25cbf81_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thousands participate in a march on commemorating the events of a year ago, honoring the more than 100 protesters who died, Kyiv, Feb. 22, 2015.