Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine postpone disputed elections

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday postponed local elections that Kiev had said were illegitimate and which, if they went ahead, could have derailed Ukraine's fragile peace process. The separatists instead said the elections would go ahead in February next year, potentially giving time for international mediators to hammer out a compromise agreement under which Kiev can accept the vote. The concession by the separatists comes at a time when Russia has adopted a more constructi