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Heavy Armor Withdrawal in Ukraine Set to Begin Monday
Withdrawal of heavy armor from the frontlines in Ukraine is set to begin Monday under terms of the cease-fire deal aimed at ending the fighting in the country’s east. Sunday marked the first full day of the cease-fire, which appears largely to be holding except in the key railway town of Debaltseve, where most of the fighting has taken...
Ukrainian City Honors Rocket Attack Victims as Shaky Cease-Fire Comes Into Effect
Published February 15, 2015 In Kramatorsk, Ukraine’s regional military headquarters for battling Russia-backed rebels in the east, officials held a memorial Saturday for those killed in a Tuesday rocket attack. A midnight cease-fire has stopped most fighting between Ukrainian forces and the rebels, though some sporadic clashes continue....
Both sides say Ukraine truce largely in force
Story highlights Kiev reports attacks by rebels Rebels accuse Ukraine of deploying artillery Poroshenko says Kiev will respect… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian City Remembers Rocket Attack Victims
KRAMATORSK/SLOVYANSK—In Kramatorsk, Ukraine’s regional military headquarters for battling Russia-backed rebels in the east, officials held a memorial Saturday for those killed in a Tuesday rocket attack. A midnight cease-fire has stopped most of the fighting between Ukrainian forces and the rebels, though some sporadic clashes continue....
Netanyahu says European Jews should immigrate to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called for “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following the shooting attack outside a Copenhagen synagogue that killed a Danish Jew. Netanyahu said the government on Sunday will discuss a $46M plan to encourage Jewish immigration from France, Belgium and Ukraine. “This...
Guns fall silent in Ukraine’s Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
Shelling stopped abruptly at midnight on Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko ordered government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the country’s bloody conflict. Poroshenko, wearing the uniform of the armed forces supreme commander, said in a televised...
Cease-Fire Comes Into Force in Ukraine
A fragile cease-fire began in Ukraine at midnight Saturday (12 a.m. Sunday local time, 2200 UTC Saturday) after hours of intense fighting in the eastern part of the country. Isolated incidents of violence have been reported since the cease-fire took effect. Under terms of the European-brokered deal, Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatist...
Violations alleged as Ukraine truce comes into force
Story highlights Kiev reports mortar attack by rebels Rebels accuse Ukraine of deploying artillery Poroshenko says Kiev will respect ceasefire Anxiety remains high in east Ukraine The Ukrainian government and pro-Russia rebels have exchanged accusations of fresh attacks only hours into the ceasefire agreed by them, officials from the warring...
Ukraine ceasefire comes into force after heavy shelling
More to this story A ceasefire agreed between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatists has come into force, the first step in a peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of conflict in eastern Ukraine. The truce officially started at 2200 GMT on Saturday night, but a surge in fighting in the run-up to the ceasefire has cast doubt on whether it will...
Ukraine ceasefire comes info force after heavy shelling
More to this story A ceasefire agreed between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatists has come into force, the first step in a peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of conflict in eastern Ukraine. The truce officially started at 2200 GMT on Saturday night, but a surge in fighting in the run-up to the ceasefire has cast doubt on whether it will...
