Ukraine Separatists Stay Put Despite Deal

Pro-Russians occupying public buildings in 10 eastern Ukrainian cities have been told to leave in the next few days or face "more concrete actions" from the interim government.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia gave no details of the likely actions, but  said: "Hopefully, if those people are ready to leave the buildings, to surrender weapons, today, tomorrow, so we can encourage the OSCE (European security) mission to negotiate, to mediate and implement this.

"But if this will not start in a few days, I think that after Easter there will more concrete actions."

Separatists occupying government buildings in eastern Ukraine say they will only leave if the interim government in Kiev resigns.

Denis Pushilin, a leader of the self-appointed Donetsk People's Republic, said insurgents do not recognise the Ukrainian government as legitimate.

Ukraine and Russia agreed on Thursday to take tentative steps toward calming tensions along their shared border after more than a month of bloodshed.

But Mr Pushilin said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "did not sign anything for us, he signed on behalf of the Russian Federation".

He said because the deal specifies all illegally-seized buildings should be vacated, the government in Kiev - which replaced democratically-elected President Viktor Yanukovich - is occupying public buildings illegally.

Acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told parliament a law offering amnesty to all those willing to lay down their arms and leave occupied buildings had been drafted.

Sky's Katie Stallard, in Donetsk, said there was no sign of anyone there acting on the deal reached in Geneva at talks attended by the US, Russia, the European Union and Ukraine.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

She added: "None of those at the talks directly represented those on the ground, particularly those occupying the buildings."

In Slavyansk, a city that has become a flashpoint in the crisis after armed men took control last weekend, leaders of the pro-Russian gunmen held a meeting on how to respond to the agreement.

On the street, there was little change. In front of the Slavyansk mayor's office, men armed with Kalashnikovs peered over sandbags which had been piled higher overnight.

Separatists remained in control of the city's main streets, searching cars at checkpoints around the city.

In the capital, Kiev, people in Independence Square, which was the centre of protests that eventually toppled President Yanukovich, said barricades would not come down until the May 25 presidential election.

"The people gave their word to stay until the presidential elections so that nobody will be able to rig the result. Then after the election we'll go of our own accord," said 56-year-old Viktor Palamaryuk from the western town of Chernivtsi.

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