Over past 24 hours, 14 Ukrainian military were killed and 172 were injured in the fighting in the military operation zone, anti-terrorist operation (ATO) spokesman Andriy Lysenko reported.
Thursday, 19 February, 2015
Ukraine: 14 Ukrainian troops killed and 172 injured in the fighting over past 24 hours
Tuesday, 17 February, 2015
Ukraine: Russian-backed rebels claim to capture Debaltseve, key ukrainian town
Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed Tuesday to have taken the key transportation hub of Debaltseve as both parties faced a deadline to start pulling back heavy weapons from the front line.
Fierce fighting on Tuesday appeared to be focused on Debaltseve, a government-held town surrounded by rebel forces that both sides claim to be on their side of the cease-fire line. The issue was not resolved under a cease-fire agreement negotiated last week by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France.
Sunday, 15 February, 2015
Ukraine: President Poroshenko orders ceasefire, shellings stop in line with pact
Russian-backed separatists wait for their transport, preparing to leave towards the frontline, in the village of Vergulivka, Eastern Ukraine. (Maximilian Clarke/Associated Press)
Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight local time in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement reached
last Thursday.
Saturday, 14 February, 2015
Ukraine: Ukrainian soldiers eliminated about 100 terrorists last night
Terrorists suffered significant losses confronting the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the intelligence data, about 100 terrorists were killed and 180 wounded over the last 24 hours, Censor.NET reports citing the ATO press center.
Thursday, 12 February, 2015
Belarus: Ukraine cease-fire deal signed at Minsk summit
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France have signed off on a road map for a Ukrainian peace deal after 16 hours of talks in the Belarusian capital, Minsk.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin said the agreement called for a cease-fire to begin on February 15 at midnight, for heavy weapons to be withdrawn, and a security zone to be established.