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      Under-equipped German soldiers replace guns with broomsticks during NATO exercise
      Feb22

      Under-equipped German soldiers replace guns with broomsticks during NATO exercise

      With Germany’s military as ill-equipped as it is, the crucial policy of deterrence that NATO might exercise to prevent continuous Russian encroachment in the Ukraine may fail. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...

      Ukraine’s front-line fighters balk at peace
      Feb22

      Ukraine’s front-line fighters balk at peace

      With repeated ceasefire violations, it remains to be seen if the two sides will lay down their arms and end the war. …read more Source: AL...

      Explosion kills at least two in Ukraine
      Feb22

      Explosion kills at least two in Ukraine

      Witnesses see device thrown from car in attack in Ukraine’s Kharkiv …read more Source: World...

      Ukraine, Rebels to Begin Withdrawing Weapons
      Feb22

      Ukraine, Rebels to Begin Withdrawing Weapons

      Military officials said both sides in Ukraine’s conflict have agreed to pull back their heavy weapons from the frontlines in eastern Ukraine; a positive sign for the implementation of a peace plan that has been violated repeatedly. The officials said the pro-Russian rebels signed an agreement to complete the withdrawal over the next two...

      Ukraine army and separatists prepare weapons withdrawal
      Feb22

      Ukraine army and separatists prepare weapons withdrawal

      Ukraine’s army and separatist rebels… …read more Source:...

      Ukraine army and separatists prepare weapons withdrawal
      Feb22

      Ukraine army and separatists prepare weapons withdrawal

      Both rebels and army say they will withdraw weapons from areas bitterly fought over as truce continues to be violated. …read more Source: AL...

      Pro-Russian rebels say agree to withdraw weapons in east Ukraine
      Feb22

      Pro-Russian rebels say agree to withdraw weapons in east Ukraine

      Fighters with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic army walk by a destroyed Ukrainian armored personnel carrier at a checkpoint on the road from the town of Vuhlehirsk to Debaltseve, on February 20, 2015. (Reuters/Baz Ratner) Nizhnyaya Krynka, Reuters—A senior pro-Russian rebel commander said separatist forces were due...

      Both sides agree to start heavy weapons pullback in Ukraine
      Feb22

      Both sides agree to start heavy weapons pullback in Ukraine

      Both sides in Ukraine’s conflict have agreed to pull back their heavy weapons from the frontline in accordance with a UN-backed truce …read more Source: Gulf...

      Both sides agree to start heavy weapons pullback in Ukraine
      Feb22

      Both sides agree to start heavy weapons pullback in Ukraine

      Both sides in Ukraine’s conflict have agreed to pull back their heavy weapons from the frontline in accordance with a UN-backed truce, a Ukrainian military official told AFP on Feb. 22. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...

      139 Ukrainian troops released in war prisoner exchange
      Feb22

      139 Ukrainian troops released in war prisoner exchange

      The troops were released in accordance with a war prisoner exchange deal between Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: World...