The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that for 44 hours in Donbas shelling that inspires some optimism.

"We discussed issues of implementation of the Minsk process and the situation in the Donbass, summed up what is happening now 44 hours - the time when in the Donbass no shots, which gives some optimism," said Poroshenko at a press conference on the last working day of the week in Kiev after talks with European Commissioner for the challenges of the European neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations Johannes Hahn.

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