Government forces are withdrawing from the besieged eastern town of Debaltseve in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that 80 percent of Ukraine’s forces have withdrawn and another two columns were preparing to leave the town – a key transport hub for which government forces and pro-Russian separatists have waged a lengthy battle to control.
“This morning the Ukrainian armed forces together with the National Guard completed an operation for a planned and organised withdrawal from Debaltseve,” Poroshenko said in an audio message released by his press service.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday called on all sides in …read more
Source: Voice Of Nigeria
