DHAKA: Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko says he has agreed with Russian president Putin by phone on a ‘ceasefire process’ for the east.

His office initially reported that a ‘permanent ceasefire’ had been agreed but later revised its statement, reports the BBC.

The Kremlin stressed Putin had not agreed to a ceasefire as Russia was not party to the conflict.

US president Barack Obama has expressed solidarity with Baltic member-states of Nato on a visit to Estonia.

He is in the Estonian capital Tallinn with president Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia and the leaders of Latvia and Lithuania, all former Soviet states which joined Nato a decade ago.

A Nato summit opening in Wales on Thursday is expected to back plans for a rapid response force.

BDST: 1632 HRS, SEP 03, 2014