"The SMM observed a general engagement on the western side of the village, including tank fire, mortar shelling, small arms and machine gun fire," the report said
According to UNICEF, children are at heightened risk from unexploded ordnance and landmines, which may be brightly colored and small enough to pick up or kick around
The DPR has reported shelling of eight local settlements, militia positions at the settlement of Peski, the Oktyabrskaya mine and the airport of Donetsk
Head of the Council for National Security and Defense Oleksandr Turchinov should control implementation of the decision. Lavrov is convinced that it is important to focus on Minsk agreement implementation.
Pentagon's new chief, Ashton Carter, said on Sunday he has not yet given any recommendations for President Barack Obama on whether Washington should send lethal arms to the Kiev authorities.
A comprehensive ceasefire is of crucial importance, the German government is worried that it is not seen yet, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert says
The convoy would deliver foodstuffs, medicines, daily necessities and other essential items for citizens affected by military action in the war-torn region
Graham Phillips said he was ashamed of UK position regarding events in Donbass adding that he was doing as much as he can to correctly represent his country
Video by Graham Phillips. Small settlement near notorious Debaltsevo liberated by Lugansk militia, the locals tell how they lived under Ukrainian forces war-regime.
OSCE special envoy Contact Group on Ukrainian settlement Heidi Tagliavini urges to consider the recent clashes in Debaltsevo to be only inconsistencies in the implementation of the Minsk agreements
In an interview with Russian news agency TASS, Rupert Colville explained that the real figure may be considerably higher given that the UN had so far not managed to get reliable information on casualties in Debaltsevo
Basurin said that the Ukrainian side had been delivering indiscriminate barraging fire in the areas around the townships of Vidnoye and Opytnoye since Wednesday afternoon
Hundreds of Ukrainian troops had surrendered to DPR militias over the past 24 hours, a spokesman for the defense ministry of Donetsk People’s Republic says
Donetsk and Luhansk military units control the railway terminal and Debaltsevo’s eastern outskirts, but this is not in any way the larger part of the town, DPR defense ministry representative says
Earlier on Sunday, speaker of the General Staff Vladislav Seleznev said firing at positions of the Ukrainian military has not been registered since 3 a.m
According to Donetsk Republic's commissioner for human rights, the Ukrainian side did not hesitate to collect payments for transporting civilians from Debaltsevo to Slavyansk by bus
The ticker line saying "Obama considers arming pro-US troops" was kept on the screen for several minutes during a newscast devoted to Obama’s meeting with German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
The Ukrainian refugees, whose number has been practically unchanged compared with the previous week, are being provided with food and medical care, as well as information services