: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukraine truce shattered in battle for Debaltseve — where pro-Russian rebels say ceasefire doesn’t apply


Shelling resumed around the contested Ukrainian town of Debaltseve Sunday, shattering a delicate truce and jeopardizing hopes of a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
Guns fell silent across swathes of the front line at midnight on Saturday after Ukrainian and pro-Russian separatist leaders issued public ceasefire orders.
Both sides reported an appreciable decline in intensity of fighting. Francois Hollande, the French president, who brokered the ceasefire deal in Minsk last week, said it was “generally satisfactory” despite some “local incidents.”
But fighting continued near the port-city of Mariupol in Donetsk region and there were reports that two civilians were killed by rockets in …read more

Source: National Post

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