Fears grew Tuesday of an escalation in the mounting bloodshed in east Ukraine as the United
States mulled arming Kiev and pro-Russian rebels ordered a mass
mobilization.
At least 16 civilians and five government troops were killed over the past
24 hours in fierce clashes across the conflict zone, government and pro-Russian
rebel officials said.
The ferocious fighting remains focused around the battleground town of Debaltseve, a strategic railway hub between the rebel
strongholds Donetsk
and Lugansk where separatists are fighting to encircle Ukrainian forces.
The latest casualties come as fighting has surged in recent weeks after
separatists tore up a tenuous ceasefire deal and pushed …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
