Ukraine’s military said on Saturday there had been a significant decrease in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the east overnight, but said rebels had fired GRAD missiles at the town of Avdiivka despite a two-week-old ceasefire deal. On Friday, Ukraine reported the first deaths among its servicemen in three days, underscoring the fragility of the truce meant to have taken effect on 15 February, as government troops and rebels pulled back heavy weapons from the frontline. Overnight there was a “significant decrease in attacks in general and a full ceasefire in certain parts of the conflict zone,” the military said …read more
Source: Egypt Independent
