The military said on Thursday that the temporary truce was in response to an appeal by United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
Secretary General
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
, who demanded the operations in eastern Ukraine stop to give international inspectors a chance to access the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane.
Senior authorities in Kiev say troops are not conducting military operations apart from protecting their own positions from attack.
The pro-Russia forces have repeatedly accused Kiev of blocking access to the crash site by fighting in the area.
The area has been inaccessible all week due to fighting between pro-Russia separatists and Ukrainian forces. International experts have been prevented for several consecutive days from visiting the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine due to heavy fighting in the area.
Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Bert was realizing to his horror that he'd had only one bottle for one message, and he'd forgotten to include a return address...
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said a team of Dutch and Australian coppers reached the site of the incident on Thursday for the first time in almost a week.