EU leader warns of ‘further action’ if diplomacy fails as rebels’ leadership vacuum imperils peace efforts As the sun set over the cratered fields around Debaltseve, a group of pro-Russian Cossack fighters were retrieving boxes of anti-tank artillery rounds and two armoured vehicles left by Kiev’s forces on the side of the Rostov-Kharkiv highway, which was littered with mangled cars and turret-less tanks. Shattered petrol stations and garages attested to weeks of intense fighting for the strategic town. Two troop transport trucks that had crashed into each other, scattering boots and clothing, spoke of the Ukrainian forces’ rushed, chaotic retreat …read more
Source: The Guardian
