Fighting raged around a key railway hub in eastern Ukraine on Monday despite a ceasefire agreement that officially went into force a day earlier.
The BBC quoted the Ukrainian military command as saying the pro-Russian rebels had attacked 112 times since early Sunday with most attacks concentrated in the area of Debaltseve, a railway junction still held by Kiev government forces that is connecting the main rebel centres of Donetsk and Luhansk.
OSCE observers haven’t managed yet to reach Debaltseve. They said they were denied access by the rebels on Sunday.
According to Reuters news reports from the area, at least six tanks …read more
Source: Novinite