“God save and preserve us” is written on a blackboard in one of the many ad-hoc bomb shelters in Debaltseve, a strategic railway hub in eastern Ukraine. Here over a hundred people–including children and elderly pensioners–take refuge from the shelling. With the newly-signed ceasefire coming into effect at midnight on Saturday, there will be no let up as Russian-backed rebel forces try to capture the town and redraw the frontlines of the conflict’s map.
Over the last several weeks, indiscriminate shelling and rocket attacks–the signature tactic of the Ukraine conflict–have intensified sharply. Civilians in Debaltseve, a front-line town that remains under …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
