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...
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...
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...
