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Poroshenko and his security team consider Minsk agreement:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is meeting with his security chiefs to reexamine the peace accord with pro-Russian separatists two days after they staged elections he has dismissed as a "farce."
Speaking at the start of the meeting of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council on November 4, Poroshenko said the gathering will consider repealing a law that was passed in accordance with a peace plan agreed on September 5 in Minsk.
The law grants limited autonomy to the two separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine.
Poroshenko has said the November 2 elections in rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine are a "gross violation of the September 5 Minsk protocol."
Earlier on November 4, two separatist leaders were sworn into office as the heads of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. (Interfax and AFP)
LATEST: President Petro Poroshenko has said Kyiv remains a "firm supporter" of a peace plan for the country's east despite controversial elections held by pro-Russian rebels. He spoke at the start of a meeting of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council. (AFP, Interfax)
Cease-fire began on September 5:
Will Donetsk do what Kyiv never could?