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Ukraine: Poroshenko peacekeepers plea gets cool reception

President Petro Poroshenko’s call for peacekeepers to be deployed to monitor Ukraine’s fragile truce has failed to win widespread support. In Kyiv

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Durable solution: Will the Ukrainian ceasefire hold?

European, Ukrainian and Russian leaders reach another peace agreement. But will it end up being yet another scrap of paper?

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Ukraine: separatists in Debaltseve celebrate withdrawal of govt troops

Pro-Russian separatist soldiers have been celebrating in the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve. For them the withdrawal of Ukrainian government

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Poroshenko gets backing of Ukraine's security council as he calls for UN peacekeepers

Ukraine’s national security and defence council has approved President Petro Poroshenko’s call for UN peacekeepers to be deployed in the east of the

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Mixed feeling in the Ukrainian capital about the withdrawal from Debaltseve

People in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have been reacting to the events in Debaltseve. Feelings are running high as it is the anniversary of the

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Fighting rages near Debaltseve despite ceasefire deal

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Battle for Debaltseve: Putin urges Kyiv to call on its troops to surrender

Fighting continues for the strategic hub of Debaltseve - rebels claim to control 80 percent of east Ukrainian town

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UN adopts Russian-drafted resolution on Ukraine crisis

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on all parties in eastern Ukraine to stop fighting and implement a European-brokered peace deal

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Ukraine truce close to collapse as clashes continue near Debaltseve

Pro-Russian rebels bombarded government troops they they say are encircled in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and a plan for both sides to pull back their

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Shelling continues near ruins of Donetsk airport despite ceasefire

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Debaltseve violence thwarts Ukraine ceasefire

Heavy fighting continued throughout Monday in Debaltseve, which is sandwiched between the rebel strongholds of Donetsk and Luhansk. Pro-Russian

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Locals brace for Ukraine troops to take back Vuhlehirsk

Ten kilometers from Debaltseve lies the small town of Vuhlehirsk captured by rebels earlier this month. Local residents now believe the Ukrainian

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Ukraine forces and pro-Russian rebels trade ceasefire violation claims

Ukraine government forces remain dug-in, encircled by pro-Russian rebels, leaving a European brokered peace plan on the verge of collapse. Fighting

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Ukraine ceasefire mostly observed but sporadic fighting persists

The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is mostly being observed, but there are reports of mortar fire and sporadic fighting around Luhansk and Debaltseve

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New Ukraine ceasefire is largely respected

The ceasefire that started at midnight in Ukraine’s conflict appears to be largely holding. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ushered it in by

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Strategic Ukrainian towns fall silent at midnight

Ahead of the ceasefire, at least two buildings in the town of Artemivsk were shelled resulting in fires that took hours to put out. Debaltseve, a strategic rail hub, has also seen fierce fighting in r

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Ukraine: Poroshenko orders troops to observe cease fire

The Ukrainian president went on TV to announce that government forces would observe the ceasefire at midnight local time.

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Ukraine: Fighting intensifies ahead of Sunday's ceasefire

Video footage from Artemivsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Friday showed local residents heading to a local bomb shelter as fierce fighting

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Ukraine: President Petro Poroshenko questions if ceasefire will take effect

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko believes there are no guarantees the ceasefire deal agreed in the Belarus capital on Thursday will actually take

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Clashes in east of Ukraine as ceasefire deadline nears

Mobilised and caught in the conflict in what is supposed to be the countdown to the guns falling silent in the east of Ukraine. Government forces in