The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian rebels have agreed to a so-called “bread ceasefire’’ for the summer harvest, local media reported on Thursday.
The ceasefire, agreed to during trilateral talks involving the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the Belarusian capital Minsk, was planned to enter effect at midnight Saturday (2100 GMT Friday).
In the three years of the conflict, there have been almost a dozen of such agreements, but none has held for long.
A peace plan achieved with international mediators in 2015 remains on thin ice.
The peace plan foresees a demilitarisation of the conflict areas and more autonomy for Ukraine’s two eastern-most regions, which border Russia.
About 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to estimates by the United Nations.
