Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine troops and pro-Russian rebels were engaged in combat inside the flashpoint town of Debaltseve on Tuesday, both sides said, in a significant blow to a fragile three-day-old ceasefire. It was the first time fighting has erupted on the streets of Debaltseve, which up until now had witnessed artillery exchanges between thousands of government troops holed up inside and heavily armed rebels encircling the town.”Battles are going on right now with rebels storming our positions,” Ukraine military spokesman Alexander Motuzyanik told AFP. “Groups of rebel fighters are penetrating into the town itself.”Deputy regional police chief …read more
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