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1. Ukraine: Reports Of Fresh Casualties Put Truce Under Strain

Reply to uhnope (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2015, 02:37 PM

Feb 2015

Reports suggest three Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting in the east of the country on Friday (February 27).

It is unclear whether there have been any casualties on the side of the separatists.

In the eastern city of Soledar, under the watchful eye of OSCE observers, the ceasefire appears to be being upheld. According to the OSCE’s Laurence Couture Gagnon, heavy weapons are being withdrawn from the area.

However our correspondent, Sergio Cantone, reports a certain feeling of scepticism about the truce, with both sides seeming to expect the worst. After 48 hours of apparent calm, there are reports of renewed fighting in the separatist capital Donetsk and elsewhere.

http://www.euronews.com/2015/02/27/ukraine-reports-of-fresh-casualties-put-truce-under-strain/

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Euronews: Cease-fire holds in eastern Ukraine except for Mariupol region [View all] uhnope Feb 2015 OP

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