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Fighters with the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic army walk by a destroyed Ukrainian armored personnel carrier at a checkpoint on the road from the town of Vuhlehirsk to Debaltseve, on February 20, 2015. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)

Pro-Russian rebels say agree to withdraw weapons in east Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 22, 2015 | World

Nizhnyaya Krynka, Reuters—A senior pro-Russian rebel commander said separatist forces were due to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine on Sunday, a sign rebels may be prepared to halt their advance as part of an internationally brokered...

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Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride on a military vehicle near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, on February 16, 2015. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)

Some Ukraine forces start to quit besieged town

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 18, 2015 | World

Kiev, Reuters—Some Ukrainian forces began to pull out of a town under siege by Russian-backed separatists on Wednesday as renewed fighting threatened to wreck an international deal aimed at ending the conflict. Rebel forces, who the pro-Western government in Kiev say...

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Ukrainian government soldiers sit on top of their armored vehicle driving on a road stretching away from the town of Artemivsk, Ukraine, towards Debaltseve, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. (AP)

Separatists claim control of crucial Ukrainian crossroads town

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 17, 2015 | World

Kiev, Bloomberg—Rebels in eastern Ukraine said Tuesday they took control of most of the strategic crossroad town Debaltseve in fighting that’s threatening to undermine a fragile truce. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said 300 government...