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Five civilians were killed around battleground town Debaltseve.
At least 16 civilians have been killed in fierce fighting across east Ukraine. According to reports, five civilians were killed around battleground town Debaltseve, six in and around rebel centre Donetsk, and five in neighbouring Lugansk region. The most fierce fighting in recent days has been around Debaltseve, where separatists are fighting to...
The artillery fire also damaged homes in four districts.
In Ukraine, five people were killed and 13 injured during an artillery fire in Donetsk town. The artillery fire also damaged homes in four districts. …read more Source: Radio...
Separatists are trying to capture the key town of Debaltseve
Pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko has announced plans to recruit 100,000 men, as fighting with Ukrainian forces intensifies. The separatists are trying to capture the key town of Debaltseve, while central areas of rebel-held Donetsk have been hit by artillery fire. Dozens of civilians were killed on both sides of the front line...
Six civilians were also killed in fighting with the separatists.
In Ukraine, thirteen soldiers were killed and twenty injured in fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern region on Sunday. Military sources told in Kiev that six civilians were also killed in fighting with the separatists at Donetsk and around Lugansk. …read more Source: Radio...
The talks were aimed at halting fighting between government forces and separatists.
Peace talks between Ukrainian government and rebels in Minsk have ended without any agreement. The talks were aimed at halting fighting between government forces and separatists that have claimed scores of lives. After the talks, former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, told newsmen that the participants could not agree on ceasefire or...
The talks were aimed at halting fierce fighting between government forces, separatists
Peace talks between Ukrainian government and rebels in Minsk have ended without a deal. The talks were aimed at halting fierce fighting between government forces and separatists that have claimed scores of lives in recent days. …read more Source: Radio...
24 were wounded in fighting.
At least seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 24 wounded in fighting with separatist in eastern parts of the country on Monday. …read more Source: Radio...
Merkel calls on Putin to use his influence with rebels to avoid new escalation of unrest.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to put pressure on Ukraine’s separatists to end the fighting. In a phone call, Merkel called on Putin to use his influence with the rebels to avoid a new escalation of unrest. The German chancellor also asked rebels to start talks with representatives from Ukraine,...
Russian Foreign Minister said the bloc should push Ukraine towards political dialogue with separatists in its east region.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has blamed the upsurge in fighting in eastern Ukraine on government forces. He was talking to his US counterpart John Kerry by telephone. In a separate phone call to the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, the Russian Foreign Minister said the bloc should push Ukraine towards...
Ukrainian military checkpoint on a road leading out of the city toward rebel-held areas was also hit in the attack.
In Ukraine, at least twenty people were killed in rocket attacks by pro-Russian rebels on a crowded open-air market in the coastal city of Mariupol on Saturday. Police sources said that a Ukrainian military checkpoint on a road leading out of the city toward rebel-held areas was also hit in the attack. However, the rebels have denied their...