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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said a ceasefire plan aimed at ending a near five-month conflict in the east of the country would be signed on Friday.
      
"Tomorrow in Minsk a document will be signed providing for the gradual introduction of the Ukrainian peace plan," he said on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday.
      

Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine's east have said they are ready to lay down arms if Kiev officials sign a plan outlining the steps to peace.

Russia will be facing increased pressure if it does not backtrack on its actions in the east of Ukraine, NATO has warned in the eve of Thursday's Wales summit.

As the meeting of NATO members' Presidents kicks off, the Ukraine crisis is expected to top the agenda, alongside the Sunni militant group Islamic State (IS) ad troops' withdrawal from Afghansitan.

The hotels in Bulgaria's Sofia are in the Top 10 list of cleanest hotels in world capitals, shows a list of the Hotel.info portal. 

The ratings are formed on the opinions of more than 6 million users of the tourist portal, who rated hotels in world capitals.

Most clean are the hotels in Tokyo, while the dirtiest are in Kiev.

Dutch air crash investigators have announced that they will release a preliminary report next Tuesday into what brought down flight MH17 over east Ukraine, killing 298 passengers.
      
"The preliminary report will present factual information based on sources available to the Dutch Safety Board (OVV)," investigators said in a statement.
      

Ukraine on Thursday raised hopes of a ceasefire with pro-Moscow rebels during a NATO summit, as Britain and the United States urged the international community to stand up to Russia.
      

NATO will bolster its eastern defences and buttress support for Kiev at a summit starting on Sept. 4 prompted by the Ukraine crisis to enact the most radical shift in its strategy towards Russia since the end of the Cold War.

Putin reveals "7-point plan" for ceasefire in Ukraine

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented a 7-point plan to cease hostilities in Ukraine.

The plan was announced after his telephone conversation with Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko earlier in the day on Wednesday.

Beleaguered Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Sept. 3 that he and Russia's Vladimir Putin had agreed a surprise truce in Ukraine's four-month war with pro-Moscow rebels.

The Kremlin said on Sept. 3 President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko had agreed on steps towards peace in eastern Ukraine but a ceasefire had not been agreed between Moscow and Kiev because Russia is not a party to the conflict.