Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Ukraine confirms pro-Russia forces’ seizure of Debaltseve as EU denies ceasefire failure – video
Ukrainian military spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, confirms that pro-Russia forces have seized parts of the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve on Tuesday, ignoring the ceasefire agreement. Both sides say they cannot move their heavy weapons from the frontline while attacks are still underway. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica...
Ukraine: pro-Russia forces seize parts of Debaltseve railway despite truce
Rebels close in on government soldiers, trapped in ruins and running out of food and supplies after over a week under siegePro-Russia forces seized parts of the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve in intense street fighting, ignoring a shaky ceasefire agreement, as a deadline for removing heavy weapons from the frontlines went unheeded.The rest...
Europe at a crossroads
• Dealing with Putin – appeasement or common sense ?This is truly a key moment for Europe.The EU is divided over whether to punish Vladimir Putin more over Ukraine. The Eurozone is facing a crisis over Greece whose left-wing government has made overtures to Putin, who in turn is cuddling up to Hungary’s nationalist government. …...
Huge explosion in Ukraine as mortar shell hits gas pipeline – video
A mortar which hit a gas pipeline in eastern Ukraine causes a major explosion. TV crews film a huge fire and clouds of smoke nine miles from the besieged town of Debaltseve, despite the ceasefire agreed last week. Fighting has eased in many areas since the ceasefire came into force on Sunday, but Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed...
How digital detectives say they proved Ukraine attacks came from Russia
A group of investigative journalists who specialise in image analysis say they have proved a series of key artillery strikes on Ukrainian forces in summer 2014 came from inside Russia. We focus on two attacks to show how the Bellingcat team examined satellite imagery and social media videos to support their theory … …read more Source:...
How blogger Brown Moses used open-source information to analyse missile attacks on Ukraine – video
Blogger and citizen journalist Eliot Higgins – aka Brown Moses – explains how he used open-source information to determine cross-border artillery attacks that appear to be being fired from Russian territory into Ukraine. His team used satellite imagery on Google Earth and crater analysis techniques … …read more Source: The...
Remembering the shelling: ‘We saw a glow, they were burned alive’
Ukrainian soldiers recall attacks by Grad launchers and heavy artillery – which they are convinced came from within RussiaUkrainian soldiers remember the onslaught that rained down on their positions from the middle of July 2014 onwards. Time and again they came under fire from Grad missiles and artillery shells. Now it appears that at least some...
Russia shelled Ukrainians from within its own territory, says study
Satellite images, digital detective work and social media provide strongest evidence yet of Russian crossborder shelling, according to investigationWhen Ukrainian forces came under withering attack in the east of the country last summer, soldiers were surprised as much as scared by the ferocity of the attack. The separatists they were up against...
Ukrainian separatists claim to have captured rail hub despite ceasefire
Pro-Russian forces claim to have seized Debaltseve, after days of fighting in defiance of a ceasefire deadline to remove weapons from the front lineUkrainian separatists claimed on Tuesday they had captured the railway hub of Debaltseve – the key area where the shaky ceasefire negotiated last week had failed to hold – after a day of heavy...
Information war leaves Ukrainians trapped and searching for truth
Almost a million people displaced from their homes urgently need reliable news on risks as they wait to see if fragile ceasefire holdsThe freshly minted ceasefire in Ukraine, implemented at midnight on Saturday, offers a hopeful but fragile resolution to the hostilities in the region. In the early days of the ceasefire, more than 900,000...
