imageKIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that most Russian troops had been withdrawn from the country, in a move he said boosted the prospects for peace.

"According to the latest information I received from our intelligence headquarters, 70 percent of Russia's forces have been removed," he told a cabinet meeting, according to a statement on the presidency's website.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2014

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