A man rides in a car by a statue of Lenin, painted in the colors of Ukraine’s national flag, in Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine, Thursday. AP PHOTO/VADIM GHIRDA
Ukraine troops return to government-held towns
BY PETER LEONARD AND DALTON BENNETT
The Associated Press
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine – Rebel fighters, many of them Cossacks, roamed the streets of Debaltseve on Thursday, a day after Ukrainian forces began withdrawing from the besieged town. The mood was celebratory, with fighters laughing, hugging each other and posing for photos.
Associated Press journalists drove Thursday around about half of the key rail hub that has been the focus of weeks of fighting …read more
Source: The News
