: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Fierce fighting in Ukraine as cease-fire deadline approaches


Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists rocketed each other with heavy artillery fire Saturday — shelling that extended far beyond any front lines — as the hours ticked down to a cease-fire that was supposed to start at midnight.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared he would consider imposing martial law if the fighting does not abate in the conflict that has killed more than 5,300 people since April.The fighting centered around Debaltseve, a key government-held railway hub between the rebels’ two main cities of Donetsk and Luhansk.Shells rained down Saturday afternoon on the government-held town of Artemivsk, 40 kilometers (25 miles) north …read more

Source: The Jakarta Post

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