President Petro Poroshenko’s much-publicised peace plan for Ukraine is said to call for a 10-kilometre buffer zone to be created on the border with Russia.<br /><br />Separatists who lay down their arms and who have not committed “serious crimes” will be immune from prosecution.<br /><br />This is according to Ukrainian media which has published a copy of the plan ahead of an official announcement expected on Friday (June 20).<br /><br />Other parts of the plan would offer freedom from prosecution for separatists who put down their arms and had not committed “serious crimes” and require all hostages to be freed.<br /><br />A corridor would be provided for “Russian and Ukrainian mercenaries” to leave the country safely and the clearing of all buildings held by rebel forces.<br /><br />The plan comes despite a second successive day of heavy fighting in the east.<br /><br />The latest clashes on Friday (June 20) are said to have happened about 100 kilometres from the Russian border. <br /><br />The Ukrainian army says it has regained control of the frontier and can now stop equipment from reaching pro-Russian separatists.<br /><br />Some 300 separatists were killed in clashes with government forces near the town of Krasny Liman on Thursday, according to Kyiv.<br /><br />It said they had refused to give up their weapons in line with the peace plan – adding that seven from the government’s side also died.<br /><br />A rebel commander admitted his forces had suffered “heavy losses”.
