Pro-Russian forces claim to have seized Debaltseve, after days of fighting in defiance of a ceasefire deadline to remove weapons from the front lineUkrainian separatists claimed on Tuesday they had captured the railway hub of Debaltseve – the key area where the shaky ceasefire negotiated last week had failed to hold – after a day of heavy fighting that ignored a deadline for removing heavy weapons from the frontlines.The rest of the conflict zone appeared calm, three days into the cessation of conflict negotiated by Russian, Ukrainian, French and German leaders. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
