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Ukraine ceasefire: Russia-backed rebels claim victory as fighting rages on
Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine claim to have taken the key transportation hub of Debaltseve, as both parties face a deadline to start pulling back heavy weapons from the front line. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire failing: government, rebel forces won’t budge at Debaltseve
Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed rebels face a deadline today to start pulling back heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine, but reporters see no signs of it on the ground. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian government, rebel forces not budging at Debaltseve
Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed rebels failed Tuesday to start pulling back heavy weaponry from the front line in eastern Ukraine as a deadline passed to do so. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels reject ceasefire in government-held town
Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday and Kyiv said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated, leaving a European-brokered peace deal on the verge of collapse a day after it took effect. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian army not willing to withdraw heavy weapons as shelling continues
Ukrainian armed forces are not ready to withdraw heavy weapons, as agreed at the Minsk four-power peace talks, because separatists are violating the ceasefire, a Kyiv military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Heavy shelling hits Ukraine town where rebels reject ceasefire
Debaltseve, a government-held town in east Ukraine sandwiched between two rebel-controlled areas, came under heavy shelling on Monday, a day after the start of a ceasefire that Russian-backed separatists say does not apply there. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire mostly in effect but shelling reported around Debaltseve
A ceasefire that went into effect Sunday in eastern Ukraine appeared largely to be holding, officials said, except for around the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve. …read more Source:...
Big guns in Ukraine fall silent after ceasefire brokered in Minsk take effect
Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight local time in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to cease firing at midnight in line with a peace agreement reached last Thursday. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko orders Ukraine forces to cease fire in line with Minsk peace pact
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has given the order to government forces to cease fire from midnight local time in line with a peace agreement worked out last Thursday in Minsk, Belarus. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire: Fighting intensifies in day before pact
Fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as separatist rebels tried to seize more territory before a ceasefire takes effect at midnight, the Ukrainian military said. …read more Source:...
