Developments in Ukraine
Poroshenko: Heavy Weapons to Return to Front Lines if Truce Breached
![Ukrainian servicemen stand near an area where fighting has waned substantially in recent days as a cease-fire deal forged last month increasingly takes effect, eastern Ukraine, March 3, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ef5e0f69-6184-451f-8113-480e35b68d19_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainian servicemen stand near an area where fighting has waned substantially in recent days as a cease-fire deal forged last month increasingly takes effect, eastern Ukraine, March 3, 2015.
![A small dog peers from a car as soldiers search it at a Ukrainian army checkpoint leading to Russia-backed separatists territory, near Kurakhove, Ukraine, March 3, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/758c079f-0648-4d26-aadd-dd708511a9c8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A small dog peers from a car as soldiers search it at a Ukrainian army checkpoint leading to Russia-backed separatists territory, near Kurakhove, Ukraine, March 3, 2015.
![Servicemen stand inside a heavy machine-gun position at a Ukrainian army checkpoint near Kurakhove, Ukraine, March 3, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fd09c89e-cc17-496e-a809-f648de439fc0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Servicemen stand inside a heavy machine-gun position at a Ukrainian army checkpoint near Kurakhove, Ukraine, March 3, 2015.
![A convoy of Ukrainian armed forces, including armored personnel carriers, military vehicles and cannons, prepare to pull back from the Debaltseve region, in Blagodatne, eastern Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6dede3f6-965d-4457-8665-e16a8147006f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A convoy of Ukrainian armed forces, including armored personnel carriers, military vehicles and cannons, prepare to pull back from the Debaltseve region, in Blagodatne, eastern Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2015.