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A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard alongside armoured vehicles, flying the Ukrainian flag, on a road in a village in eastern Ukraine. (Sergei Chuzavkov, AP)
A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard alongside armoured vehicles, flying the Ukrainian flag, on a road in a village in eastern Ukraine. (Sergei Chuzavkov, AP)

Kiev - Ukraine announced the completion of an initial phase of military pullback in east Ukraine on Saturday as isolated clashes rattled a shaky truce with pro-Russian rebels and observers warned the country was at a "crossroads".

Ukraine said on Saturday that isolated clashes were rattling a shaky truce with pro-Russian rebels after international monitors warned that the conflict in the country stands at a "crossroads".

Kiev military spokesperson Andriy Lysenko said that fighting had halted along most of the frontline but rebels were attacking government positions around Donetsk airport, one of the most fiercely contested locations in the conflict.

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