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“We are quite happy”, said Yerlan Syzdykov, Head of Emerging Markets Debt at another bondholder, Pioneer Investors.

The possibility of a new peace deal agreement that could improve the situation in Eastern Ukraine is off the table, says Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko, as a contact group meeting in Minsk ended with a proposal to ensure a stable ceasefire.

Hopes have risen of a peace deal amid continued fighting this week.

Far-right protesters have demonstrated against asylum seekers in the area.

In Austria, police said 37 people were injured, seven seriously, when two vans packed with as many as 90 migrants collided yesterday near the Hungarian border.

President Petro Poroshenko told the crowd that Russian Federation has sent more troops to the east, sabre-rattling ahead of key talks in Berlin later.

“I renew my heartfelt appeal, so that the commitments undertaken to achieve pacification are respected, and with the help of organizations and people of good will, the humanitarian emergency in the country is responded to”, Francis told tens of thousands of people...

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears ready to start replacing long-serving allies in his inner circle after the sudden departure of Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin as head of the country’s largest employer.

Poroshenko will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande in Berlin on Monday in a bid to end a new wave of violence in east Ukraine between Russian-backed rebels and Ukraine’s armed forces.

Ukrainian officials reported two civilian deaths on their side, in a suburb of Mariupol on the Black Sea.

But Monday’s deaths came from strikes across the warzone.

It is thought to be the highest single day death toll in more than a month.

Sentsov also quoted Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov, saying “the greatest sin on this earth is cowardice”, and ended his speech with an address to all Russians.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the gravity of the situation in eastern Ukraine is escalating, as armed aggressions between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militias have intensified in the recent days.

He also drew attention to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s visit to Russian-occupied Crimea on Monday, ostensibly, to promote tourism, as another provocation.