Section: The Boston Globe (USA)
Trapped by a Ukraine Rebel Assault, Civilians in Debaltseve Are Suffering
It’s a struggle for survival for remaining residents of the devastated Ukrainian town of Debaltseve. After weeks of intense fighting, pro-Russian separatists launched a final assault last week that pushed Ukrainian forces out of the key eastern town. Most of the 26-thousand residents fled during the fighting, but the Red Cross says as many...
Defiant Mood as Donetsk Marks Holiday
Ukraine has delayed the promised withdrawal of heavy weapons, blaming rebels for continued violations of the ceasefire reached in Minsk. …read more Source: The Boston...
Kiev Says Rebels Attack Villages in Southeast, Citizens Burn Putin Effigy
In the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy, activists burn an effigy of Russian President Vladimir Putin — ‘ to protest his annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea last year. The protest coincides with an Orthodox tradition — just before Lent – that celebrates the passage of winter and the renewal of spring’. …read...
Four Suspects Arrested in Kharkiv Attack Plot
Ukraine’s security service — the SBU — detains two men late Sunday in the northeastern city of Kharkiv. They’re suspects in a deadly bomb blast from earlier in the day. The SBU says it’s detained a total of four men suspected of planning a series of attacks in the city with a Russian-made rocket launcher. The arrests...
Kharkiv Protesters Rush to Aid Wounded Following Explosion at Ukraine Rally
Kharkiv residents and emergency workers on Sunday (February 22) rushed to the aid of protesters at a pro-Ukrainian rally when a deadly blast struck the crowd. The bomb in Kharkiv, the biggest city in the east, struck one of numerous events across Ukraine on Sunday marking the deaths of 100 protesters a year ago in an uprising that toppled a...
Aftermath of Deadly Blast at Ukraine ‘Peace’ Rally Captured on Video
A deadly explosion at a rally to mark Ukraine’s uprising one year ago. Residents of the northeastern city of Kharkiv scramble for safety. But some move towards the bomb blast, dropping their flags, lowering their cameras, to provide first aid to the gravely wounded. At least two people were killed and initial reports said up to 15 others...
Ahead of Lent, a ‘Pagan’ Festival in Eastern Ukraine
The fighting in parts of east Ukraine goes on, but in the rebel-held town of Donetsk, there is still time and spirit for an annual celebration just before Lent. Ukrainians are marking the last day of Maslenitsa — a week-long carnival-like festival that began as a pagan ritual but has been absorbed into the Russian Orthodox tradition....
Ukraine, Pro-Russia Rebels Swap Dozens of Prisoners
In the dead of night, a prisoner swap in the eastern Ukrainian village of Zholobok — just west of the rebel stronghold Luhansk. It’s the first in a series of moves designed to implement a peace deal reached February 12, despite a shaky ceasefire. Some 130 government servicemen are being released in exchange for about 50 rebels. One...
At Least Two Killed in Blast at Peace March in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
At least two people were killed and 15 wounded on Sunday (February 22) when an explosive device was thrown from a car into a crowd attending a peace rally in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said. An aide to Ukraine’s security and defense council said an unspecified number of suspects were arrested over...
Ukraine Prisoners Released in Darkness
Ukrainian government and rebel forces exchange dozens of prisoners, in the first step successfully carried out under the Minsk agreements. …read more Source: The Boston...
