The fragile ceasefire in Ukraine appears to have collapsed just 48 hours after being implemented, as separatist fighters and government troops continued to engage in tit-for-tat fighting.
On Monday, rebels and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire throughout the day near the strategic rail hub of Debaltseve, east of Donetsk. A leading representative from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) pledged to travel to the city on Tuesday to assess the situation after members of the group were denied access over the weekend.
The ongoing hostiles threatened to nix the second Minsk accords hammered out in the Belarusian capital last …read more
Source: Time
