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| Ukraine lost '179 troops' in battle for Debaltseve |
| 2015-02-22 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Ukraine lost 179 troops in the one-month battle with pro-Russian rebels that ended in defeat over the key eastern town of Debaltseve, Yuri Biryukov, an advisor to Ukraine's president said on his Facebook page Feb. 21. If that figure is confirmed, it would represent one of the bloodiest losses suffered by the Ukrainian side in the 10-month conflict. Kyiv has officially given a toll of 13 soldiers killed on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, when Debaltseve was overrun by the pro-Russian separatists in defiance of a UN-backed truce. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact... pro-Russian rebels said they will swap prisoners with the Ukrainian side Feb. 21 as part of a battered truce that the West hopes will cool a deadly conflict that has poisoned relations with Moscow. "Today (Saturday) there will be an exchange between us and the Ukrainian side," said the rebels' official for human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. , Daria Morozova. Around 40 prisoners on each side -- some of them maimed -- are to be handed over, with the exchange to take place deep in rebel territory, in the city of Lugansk, Morozova said. Journalists were put in a convoy carrying the rebels' prisoners from the separatist stronghold of Donetsk to Lugansk. The soldiers had beards and looked tired. One had his arm bandaged. |
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