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Poroshenko pledges autonomy for east

EU delays sanctions as Russia pulls back troops; Putin says west made up crisis to revive Nato

AFP, Kiev
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday said that Russia had withdrawn the bulk of its forces from his country and he pledged greater automony for the separatist east in moves that could help sustain a fragile truce.
The pro-Western leader's comments were soon followed by a European Union decision to extend by another day a heated debate on unleashing new sanctions aimed at punishing Russia over what the West says is Moscow's military aggression i n the ex-Soviet state.
Poroshenko said Friday's ceasefire - the first backed by both Kiev and Moscow since the conflict erupted five months ago - had
dramatically improved security in the country's war-ravaged industrial rustbelt.
"According to the latest information I received from our intelligence headquarters, 70 percent of Russia's forces have been removed," the presidency website quoted Poroshenko as telling a cabinet meeting.
"This gives us hope that there are good prospects for the peace initiative."
Moscow denies having deployed troops or weaponry across the border, and President Vladimir Putin dismissed the Nato claims as a reckless attempt to "revive" the Cold War-era security bloc.
Putin accused the US-led military bloc of making up the charges to
support its decision to deploy a new force in eastern Europe and encroach on Russia's western frontier.
"The crisis in Ukraine, which was basically provoked and created by some of our Western partners, is now being used to revive this military bloc (Nato)," Putin was quoted as saying by Russia's staterun RIA Novosti news agency.
Poroshenko - elected in May on a promise to crush the rebellion and preserve Ukraine's unity - also waded into explosive political territory by promising to submit a bill to parliament granting parts of the east temporary self-rule.
But he stressed this did not mean that the rebel-held territories were slipping away from Kiev's
control.
"Ukraine will not make any concessions on issues of its territorial integrity,” he said.
The Kremlin has long sought to turn Ukraine into a loose federation in which the largely Russian-speaking Donetsk and Lugansk regions establish their own trade and diplomatic relations with Moscow.
The truce was signed after five months of warfare that has killed more than 2,700 people and forced at least half a million from their homes.
Yet both sides have reported sporadic violations. Kiev said the lives of eight Ukrainian servicemen and one civilian had been lost since Friday.