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Fighting rages in east Ukraine despite bid to revive truce

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Newspapers have the job of forming and shaping opinions, not to research for themselves, find the truth and tell you, so you can think for yourself and form your own opinion...

Me thinks you live in the last century? ;-)

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Reporters in the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk said there was also shelling in the area.

Fired by WHOM?

According to the news from US rebels are firing on themselves in Donetsk.

And in Debaltseve they still have the some of the Right Sector Heroes holding on.

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Russia is indeed an agressor in this. A reporter in Donetsk said that he was following a rebel armored column advancing when they were supposed to be retreating, according to the ceasefire. I don't know if it can be rescued now, but it is clear that Russia is not to be believed in anything it says, only in what it does. They consider lying to be an act of honor.

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Don't worry, Obama will resend another "reset button" to Russia via John Kerry since Hillary is busy with foreign donors.

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The White House said it was “deeply troubled” by reports of fighting and NATO’s top military commander, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, said he did not think the truce had ever even begun. “It is a ceasefire in name only,” Breedlove said during a visit to Kosovo.

Real funny !! Kosovo... is it Serbia ? According to international law ?

Who changes borders in Europe ?

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"Hillary is busy"

And what would you want her to do considering she is not the current Sec. of State?

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Well of course fighting still rages - the Ukranians don't want to lose any more of their terrritory, so they continue to fight the Russian-backed rebels, who never stopped their attacks.

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Ceasefire agreement won't hold that long. When one side says there's ceasefire in this place, but other side says there's no ceasefire in that place, that means there's no agreement. Put third-party UN peacekeepers to separate them.

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European and U.S. officials have expressed hope that the ceasefire will hold now that the rebels, fighting for territory Russian President Vladimir Putin has called “New Russia”, have achieved their immediate goal of taking Debaltseve.............The shameless weaselly words of appeasers, have the courage and moral fortitude to stand up and fight for the freedom and sacrifice our Political leaders so recklessly, spinelessly and yes cowardly have betrayed at the feet of 'New Russia'' and ghastly Soviet relic Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, a 21st century Ivan the Terrible.

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@itsonlyrocknroll

If the west gets involved in a war with Russian backed rebels, Russia will then take more direct action... and you can say goodbye to planet Earth. NATO vs Russia and its allies will become WW3 in short order. China and NK will see it as an excuse to attack Japan and other Asian countries... The West won't commit to a war with Russia because it will be the end of us all.

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"If the west gets involved in a war with Russian backed rebels, Russia will then take more direct action...and you can say goodbye to planet Earth"

Maybe just goodbye to Russia and the rebels they back.

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lostrune2 Ceasefire agreement won't hold that long. When one side says there's ceasefire in this place, but other side says there's no ceasefire in that place, that means there's no agreement. Put third-party UN peacekeepers to separate them.

So I can explain about Ukrainian "politicians" . In August Ukrainian Army was defeated - so Mr Poroshenko demand "peace" Clever decision - when you can't win on battlefield use diplomacy ...

After that 15 th January Mr Poroshenko have started new offensive. It failed againe - and Ukrainian forces near Debaltsevo were in dangerous position

To save them Mr Poroshenko demand peace once again

Sorry if you want to fight - go and fight , if you want to stop fighting - start peace negotiations

Ukrainian politicians (too clever) use peace negotiations as a tactical maneuver in big war

Peace in February of 2015 was achieved - but alas - tooo late - Debaltsevo was encircled

The most funny thing - Poroshenko come to Minsk 2 to save his army near Debaltsevo

He failed. The peace per se is not intresting for Kiev

So he start to talk about international peacekeepers.... they should come and save him...

Very clever...

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Thunderbird2 Like all bullies that is what Putin is depending on our own fear and weakness through intimidation, tyranny, to torment us. We must without haste stand up and arm Ukraine appropriately.At the same time allocate the budget to upgrade NATO's readiness to repel Russian aggression. Deterrents are ultimately of little use unless a nation is prepared to use them. Putin has brought us here.

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Just keep up the financial pressure on Moscow. That's about the best the West can hope for for now.=

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The Kiev regime seeks the help of the ceasefire only after it is beaten. The September Minsk ceasefire came into effect only after the Kiev regime forces were mauled at the Ilovaisk pocket in August. The February Minsk ceasefire agreement materialized only after the regime lost its stronghold - the Donetsk airport in January. Merkel and Holland came to the rescue to the regime. But this clown Poroshenko thought he was smarter then anybody else and he ordered his troops, despite the ceasefire, to break out from the Debaltsevo pocket. The result we see now. Obviously, there is only one big obstacle to a long ceaefire - the Poroshenko regime.

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There's still no reason not to have 3rd-party UN peacekeepers there. Can't leave it to either side to follow the ceasefire.

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