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Ukraine, rebels start pullback
Ukrainian weapons are towed by vehicles as heavy weapons are withdrawn in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine. AP PHOTO/EVGENIY MALOLETKA Officals mark sharp decline in national violence BY PETER LEONARD AND VADIM GHIRDA The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine – Warring parties in Ukraine took a major stride toward quelling unrest in the country’s east...
Ukraine digs out the dead
Many bodies remain in Donetsk airport rubble Russia-backed separatist stand next to bodies of Ukrainian servicemen retrieved from the rubble of the airport. AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda BY VADIM GHIRDA The Associated Press DONETSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian POWs in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk began a task Wednesday that strained their hearts as well...
Rebel ‘pullback’ raises questions
Ukrainian troops wave as they ride on an armored vehicle, with a Ukrainian flag atop, near Artemivsk, Ukraine. AP PHOTO/EVGENLY MALOLETKA Ukraine gov’t disputes claim of weapon removal BY NICOLAE DUMITRACHE AND JIM HEINTZ The Associated Press ILOVAYSK, Ukraine – Russian-backed separatists moved some heavy weapons well back from the front...
Ukraine delays weapon pullback
Ukrainian soldiers stand next to a their national flag atop an armored vehicle near Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday. AP PHOTO/EVGENIY MALOLETKA Troops will depart when rebels end attacks entirely BY JIM HEINTZ The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine delayed a promised pullback of heavy weapons from the front line Monday, blaming...
Explosion hits Ukraine march
Forensic experts work at a site of an explosion, as a body of a victim is covered with a Ukrainian flag in Kharkiv. AP PHOTO/SERGEY KOZLOV Kharkiv marks anniversary of president ouster By JIM HEINTZ The Associated Press KIev, Ukraine – Two people were killed and about a dozen injured in a bomb explosion at a march Sunday in Ukraine’s...
Debaltseve in hands of rebels
A man rides in a car by a statue of Lenin, painted in the colors of Ukraine’s national flag, in Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine, Thursday. AP PHOTO/VADIM GHIRDA Ukraine troops return to government-held towns BY PETER LEONARD AND DALTON BENNETT The Associated Press DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine – Rebel fighters, many of them Cossacks, roamed the streets of...
Ukraine troops fall to separatists
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to press at Borispol airport outside Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday. AP PHOTO/MIKHAIL PALINCHAK Russian rebels hoist up their flag in Debaltseve BY BALINT SZLANKO AND NATALIYA VASILYEVA The Associated Press ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine – After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve...
New defense chief vows to protect troops’ safety
Ash Carter smiles after being sworn in as the new Defense Secretary by Vice President Joe Biden, Tuesday. AP Photo/Evan Vucci BY NEDRA PICKLER The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Ash Carter, sworn in Tuesday as President Barack Obama’s fourth secretary of defense, pledged to offer his most candid strategic advice and carefully consider...
Putin tells Kiev to allow defeat
Ukrainian government soldiers sit on top of their armored vehicle driving in Artemivsk, Ukraine. AP PHOTO/PETR DAVID JOSEK Rebels say cease-fire doesn’t apply to Debaltseve BY ANTON ZVEREV AND VLADIMIR SOLDATKIN The Associated Press LUHANSKE, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kiev to let its soldiers surrender to pro-Russian...
Battle persists inside Ukraine
Fighting threatens EU-brokered cease-fire An Ukrainian soldier rests on his vehicle near the road between the towns of Debaltseve and Artemivsk. AP PHOTO/PETR DAVID JOSEK BY PETR JOSEK The Associated Press LUHANSKE, Ukraine – Intense artillery exchanges between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists persisted Monday around a...
