: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Three days into ‘cease-fire,’ up to 8,000 Ukrainian troops fighting rebels in the streets for railway hub


ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — A battle for a railroad town in eastern Ukraine escalated sharply Tuesday, with both the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed militants saying that their soldiers were engaging in pitched street battles.
By midday, the separatists said they had captured the town, Debaltseve, a separatist news agency reported. The Ukrainian military denied the claim, saying its soldiers were repelling the attacks.
“An intense fight is underway now on the outskirts of Debaltseve,” Ukraine’s military spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. “There are engagements near the train station. But our soldiers are holding their positions, and they have full …read more

Source: National Post

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