Ferocious rebel bombardments Saturday were levelling the key government-held town of Debaltseve in east Ukraine, hours before a ceasefire was due to start, the local police boss said.
“The rebels are destroying the town of Debaltseve. There are non-stop artillery bombardments of residential areas and buildings. The town is in flames,” pro-Kiev police chief Vyacheslav Abroskin said on Facebook.
Abroskin said that Grad missiles had hit the town’s police headquarters.
Debaltseve, a strategic railway hub between rebel strongholds Donetsk and Lugansk, has been the epicenter of fierce fighting in recent days and thousands of civilians have fled.
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Source: The Jakarta Post
