KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will decide Monday whether to extend his forces’ unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian rebels in the country’s east.
National security spokesman Andriy Lysenko said the decision will come before the cease-fire’s expiration at 10 p.m.
Poroshenko has already extended it once as he presses for the fulfillment of conditions to move forward with a peace plan to end the conflict that has killed more than 400 people. Those conditions include the return of control points on the border with Russia to Ukrainian control.
European leaders have pressed Russia to help de-escalate the situation or face the possibility of additional economic sanctions.
Ukraine says rebels continue to attack, and Poroshenko is facing protests in Kiev demanding tougher action against them.