Dozens protest against ceasefire in east Ukraine

Dozens of protesters marched to Ukraine's presidential office in Kyiv on Monday against measures taken by Ukrainian authorities to settle a cease-fire with Russia-backed separatists in east of country.

demonstrators disagree with move to agree truce, which is scheduled to begin at midnight into Tuesday.

Ukrainian military and rebel forces have started preparing for a "full and comprehensive" cease-fire, a move officials hope can le to work to resolve six-year-old conflict.

However, protesters in Kyiv expressed anger with what demonstrator Svyatoslav Boyko called "clumsy leership" of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Fellow protester Anton Sosvskiy accused Zelenskiy of "capitulating" to Russia after "cynical killings" of Ukrainian soldiers.

If upheld, cease-fire would “pave way for implementing or clauses” of Minsk peace deal, office of Ukraine’s president said earlier this week.

Brokered in 2015 by France and Germany, Minsk peace plan aimed to resolve conflict between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists that flared in 2014 after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for separatists.

conflict has since killed more than 14,000.

(Representative Im)