16/09/2014 09:20
Ukraine MPs to ratify key EU deal
Ukraine's lawmakers are set to ratify a landmark EU association agreement - in proceedings simultaneous with a session of the European Parliament, the BBC reported.
Both sides will start the procedure at 10:00 GMT, in what Ukraine's president said would be a "historic" day.
But the implementation of a free trade deal - part of the package - has been postponed until 2016, apparently under pressure from Russia.
This comes as a fragile ceasefire largely holds in eastern Ukraine.
There were reports of shelling around the government-held airport of Donetsk and other towns.