A senior pro-Russian separatist commander said on Sunday that, despite a ceasefire, rebels have the right to fire on the town of Debaltseve in east Ukraine as it is “our territory.”
The truce between government troops and rebels came into force at midnight. The Ukrainian military have since reported shelling around Debaltseve, a strategic transport hub north-east of the separatist stronghold of Donetsk.
“Of course we can open fire (on Debaltseve), it is our territory… The territory is inside, it is ours,” Eduard Basurin told Reuters by phone, saying that elsewhere separatists were observing the truce.
At around 0700 GMT a Reuters witness …read more
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