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uhnope

(6,419 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 02:20 PM Feb 2015

Euronews: Cease-fire holds in eastern Ukraine except for Mariupol region [View all]

Source: Kiev Post

Day two of no casualties for the Ukrainian army as the latest ceasefire enters its 12th day, and Kyiv is pulling its heavy weapons back from the lines hammered out at the Minsk peace talks.

However the fighting is shifting further south and fears are now that the port city of Mariupol will become the next battleground.

“We noticed almost no shelling In the directions of Luhansk, Debaltseve and Donetsk, but in Mariupol and in particular in Shyrokino, 20 kilometres from the city we observed frequent shooting at our positions. There were attempts to storm ATO forces’ positions, and in the village of Shyrokino itself,” said the Ukrainian Army spokesman Aleksander Motuzianyk.

The Russian-backed rebels were also on the move, but they claimed they had no information about any Ukrainian withdrawal of heavy weapons from the frontline.

Read more: https://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine-abroad/euronews-cease-fire-holds-in-eastern-ukraine-except-for-mariupol-region-video-382035.html



Putin will not stop until he has invaded and occupied all of eastern Ukraine and put it under his fascist control.
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Ukraine: Reports Of Fresh Casualties Put Truce Under Strain Purveyor Feb 2015 #1
Article says "Cease-fire holds" Scootaloo Feb 2015 #2
This guy is a one-trick pony. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #3
& I'm sure you have a nuanced views of Putin's fascism, homophobic attacks on Russians, and uhnope Feb 2015 #6
How does Ukraine measure up on those issues? Scootaloo Feb 2015 #10
rhetorical failure, like your predictions uhnope Feb 2015 #14
Well, it wasn't an untoward prediction Scootaloo Feb 2015 #16
overpaid. uhnope Feb 2015 #23
I was genuinely surprised to see him do that. bananas Mar 2015 #25
don't be Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #26
Try reading past the first three words of the headline, sir uhnope Feb 2015 #5
I did. Trouble is it still contradicts your assertion Scootaloo Feb 2015 #7
See reply 4 7962 Feb 2015 #8
Are you vouching for that assertion, 7962? Scootaloo Feb 2015 #9
After Crimea, we were told by the DU Putin fan club that he had no desire for E Ukraine. 7962 Feb 2015 #11
I'm torn between which completely unreliable source I should unquestioningly believe Scootaloo Feb 2015 #12
True enough! I guess it depends on which one you view as the bigger threat! 7962 Feb 2015 #13
So how many nukes should we smash into Russia, and how soon? Scootaloo Feb 2015 #15
If Ukraine hadnt given theirs up for Russia's "peaceful coexistence", we'd know! 7962 Feb 2015 #17
I meant US nukes. Scootaloo Feb 2015 #18
I'd send none. 7962 Feb 2015 #19
Well, if they're such a dire threat...? Scootaloo Feb 2015 #20
Well, we usually dont start out a conflict by sending nukes. 7962 Feb 2015 #21
Oh, I'm not buying anything from Putin Scootaloo Feb 2015 #22
Bravo! Well said. elias49 Feb 2015 #24
Of course, the cease fire holds except... Nitram Feb 2015 #4
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