Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine say they have completely surrounded the strategic town of Debaltseve, a claim denied by the Ukrainian army who insist the fighting is ongoing. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Tuesday said its fighters have cut off the main supply road into the government-held town – which is in between the separatist hubs of Luhansk and Donetsk. The route had also been used as a humanitarian corridor in recent weeks, allowing civilians to flee the fighting. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford, reporting from… …read more
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