Section: The Bismarck Tribune
Ukraine says rebel attacks continue despite cease-fire
A pro-Russian rebel takes a ribbon from his arm in Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. The ribbons are used as a form of identification. After weeks of relentless fighting,… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Key Ukraine town under rebel control, separatists celebrate
Pro-Russia rebels walk in Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. After weeks of relentless fighting, the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell Wednesday to Russia-ba… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Debaltseve under rebel control, Cossack fighters celebrate
In this late Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 photo, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks in Kiev, Ukraine. Poroshenko sought to portray the fall of Debaltseve in a positive light, saying the p… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
EU puts 19 more individuals on its Ukraine sanctions list
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has added 19 more individuals, including a Russian deputy minister of defense, on its sanctions list for their actions linked to the fighting in eastern Ukra… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine cease-fire largely holding, Debaltseve still tense
Woman looks out from a window of her apartment that was damaged in recent shelling between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces in the town of Svitlodarsk, Ukraine, Sunda… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Both sides claim violations after Ukraine cease-fire starts
Firefighter tries to extinguish a fire at a building destroyed in shelling between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government in residential area of the town of Artemivsk, Ukraine, Sa… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine cease-fire deadline provokes bitter last-gasp battle
Ukrainian army armored vehicles ride on a road towards Debaltseve near the town of Artemivsk, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. The fighting between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian gover… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Opera house in Ukrainian rebel city raises spirits
Actors with the Donbass Opera Theatre take their bow after a performance of Eugene Onegin in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. For the few dozen spectators that turn up, the weekly per… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine diplomatic flurry goes into new round in Germany
MUNICH (AP) — A flurry of diplomacy aimed at calming the conflict in Ukraine will bring German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and other players together at a co… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Putin, Ukraine leader to hold 4-way phone call on peace plan
A convoy of buses travel to evacuate civilians caught in the crossfire of fighting between government troops and Russian-backed separatists in the town of Debaltseve, Ukraine on Friday, Feb. 6… …read more Source: The Bismarck...