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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KIEV – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that government forces had withdrawn from the flashpoint town of Debaltseve, where pro-Russian rebels have been battling troops for control for weeks.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...
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...
Ukraine says peace hopes ‘destroyed’ as rebels assault town
Ukraine on Tuesday accused rebels and Russia of scuppering a fragile three-day-old ceasefire after insurgents armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a flashpoint town and engaged thousands of troops there in intense combat. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine admits some troops surrounded in flashpoint town
KIEV – Some Ukrainian army units are surrounded in the flashpoint eastern town of Debaltseve where “fierce fighting” is going on, a military spokesman said late Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Street fighting in flashpoint Ukraine town threatens truce
SOLEDAR (UKRAINE) – Street-to-street fighting broke out for the first time inside a flashpoint town in east Ukraine on Tuesday, officials and pro-Russian rebels said, dealing a harsh blow to a fragile ceasefire just three days old. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Concerns rise over shaky Ukraine truce
World powers voiced concern over a shaky truce in Ukraine that went into a third day on Tuesday with no sign of a let-up in fighting for a key eastern town and no pull-back of heavy weapons from the frontline. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Access agreed for OSCE monitors in Ukraine: Berlin
BERLIN – The leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine have agreed on “concrete measures” to allow OSCE observers to monitor the shaky ceasefire in Ukraine, Berlin announced on Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Nervous Bayern head east for Shakhtar clash
LVIV (UKRAINE) – Arjen Robben admits Bayern Munich have a few nerves as they head to the war-torn Ukraine for Tuesday’s Champions League last 16, first-leg, clash away to Shakhtar Donetsk. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Third seed Dolgopolov advances at Delray Beach
DELRAY BEACH (UNITED STATES) – Ukraine’s third-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov advanced to the second round of the ATP Delray Beach Open on Monday by defeating Russia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6 (7/4), 6-3. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Hollande, Merkel, Poroshenko ‘concerned’ at ongoing Ukraine fighting
PARIS – President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday they were “concerned” about post-ceasefire fighting in the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, the French president’s office said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
