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Armed pro-Russian separatists stand guard at a checkpoint outside the town of Metalist, north of Luhansk, in Ukraine’s east in 2014. (AFP)
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Miners arrive to help with the rescue effort in Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk on March 4, 2015. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)
More than 30 killed in coal mine blast in east Ukraine
Donetsk, Reuters—A blast at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk killed more than 30 people, a local official said on Wednesday, with dozens more miners who were underground at the time unaccounted for. Miners’ relatives were...Caption:
Ukrainian servicemen sit on an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) at a checkpoint near the town of Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region, on February 16, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV)
Battle persists for Ukraine railway hub, despite peace deal
Luhansk, Ukraine, AP—Intense artillery exchanges between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists persisted on Monday around a strategic town in eastern Ukraine—fighting that threatens to dash a ceasefire deal brokered by European leaders last week....Caption:
Pro-Russian rebels stationed in Donetsk region launch missiles toward a position of the Ukrainian forces in Debaltseve, about 20 miles away, on February 13, 2015. (AFP Photo/Andrey Borodulin)
Ukraine ceasefire deadline provokes bitter last-gasp battle
Artemivsk, Ukraine, AP—Russian-backed separatists mounted a vicious assault Friday in eastern Ukraine ahead of a weekend ceasefire deadline, pummeling a strategic railway hub with wave upon wave of shelling in a last-minute grab for territory. At least 26 people were...Caption:
A woman walks past a destroyed bus in Donetsk after shelling hit the central bus station on February 11, 2015.
(AFP Photo/Vasily Maximov)