Ukraine rebel chief calls for truce as Donetsk surrounded
August 09, 2014  22:37
A top rebel chief in east Ukraine today called for a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds after admitting government forces had surrounded the main insurgent stronghold of Donetsk. 

Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, called for a truce to stop the city becoming a new "Stalingrad" but swore to fight on to the end if the offer was rejected.
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