KIEV: Ukraine and pro-Russian insurgents prepared to put to the test a comprehensive truce on Tuesday aimed at calming an upsurge of violence that has further eroded trust between Moscow and the West.

Local authorities on Monday reported the deaths of at least 12 civilians over a bloody weekend in which government forces and organized militias exchanged volleys of Grad rocket fire across the devastated industrial east.

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