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Ukraine president says government forces withdraw from Debaltseve
KIEV – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that government forces had withdrawn from the flashpoint town of Debaltseve, where pro-Russian rebels have been battling troops for control for weeks. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine's Poroshenko announces army pull-out from Debaltseve
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday declared that Ukrainian forces were carrying out a “planned and organised” departure from the town of Debaltseve which has been under siege by Russian-backed separatists for weeks. …read more Source: The...
EU accuses Ukraine separatists of violating ceasefire, threatens action
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini accused pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday of violating the Ukraine ceasefire with their actions in the besieged town of Debaltseve and said the EU was ready to take “appropriate action” if fighting continued. …read more Source: The...
UN Security Council adopts resolution endorsing new cease-fire on Ukraine crisis
The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing measures for the implementation of the new truce on Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: China...
Ukraine's Poroshenko flies to 'front', says troops leaving Debaltseve – TV
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko left by plane from Kiev “to the front” on Wednesday, and Ukrainian television said that he told journalists before leaving that Ukrainian forces were leaving the besieged town of Debaltseve. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Ukraine ceasefire largely in place outside Debaltseve
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday a ceasefire agreed between pro-Russian separatists and government troops in eastern Ukraine was almost entirely in place with the exception of the strategic town of Debaltseve. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine denied rebel claims to have taken control of town but acknowledged the separatists had seized parts of it.
In Ukraine, fierce street battles continue between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels for control of the strategic town of Debaltseve. Ukraine denied rebel claims to have taken control of the town but acknowledged the separatists had seized parts of it. The Ukrainian presidential office called on the European Union and NATO to condemn the...
Small groups of Ukrainian troops from Debaltseve head north
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Weary Ukrainian troops, some in columns, some in cars, began arriving on Wednesday from the besieged town of Debaltseve in Artemivsk, about 30 km (18 miles) to the north, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko will make statement shortly – presidential spokesman
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is scheduled to make a televised statement shortly, a presidential spokesman said by telephone on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Some Ukrainian troops withdraw from key town as battle rages
KIEV – Some Ukrainian troops were pulling out of Debaltseve, a strategic eastern town besieged by pro-Russian rebels, while others engaged in “full-scale street fighting” with the separatists, an official there told AFP by telephone. …read more Source: Bangkok...
