Ukraine War News Updates -- January 31, 2015

Bloomberg: Ukraine Peace Talks Start as Fighting Rages Over Strategic Town

WNU Editor: Peace/truce talks have begun in Minsk .... but I am not optimistic. The fighting in eastern Ukraine is now happening on multiple fronts .... the only thing that is not being used are helicopter gunships and fighter bombers/attack aircraft.

Ukraine War News Updates -- January 31, 2015

Ukraine, rebels hold fresh peace talks as fighting rages in east -- Reuters
Ukraine crisis: 'Dozens killed' in east as Minsk talks open -- BBC
Ukraine peace talks begin in Minsk as fighting continues -- CNN
Ukraine talks to begin amid fierce fighting in Debaltseve -- France 24
Ukraine peace talks participants arrive in Minsk amid worsening crisis -- RT
Officials From Ukraine, Russia, OSCE, And Rebels Arrive In Minsk -- Radio Free Europe
Talks on ending Ukraine fighting begin as death toll continues to rise -- The Guardian
Fresh peace talks in Minsk as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine -- Deutsche Welle
Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as government forces struggle to hold back pro-Russian offensive -- Euronews
Rebels Suffer Heavy Losses in Battle for Ukraine's Debaltseve -- NBC
15 Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours -- AFP
Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine, 15 soldiers killed -- Reuters
Fifteen Ukrainian troops killed, 30 injured in Donbas over past 24 hours - Defense Minister -- Interfax Ukraine
Scramble to treat wounded at last Ukraine frontline hospital -- AFP
Ukraine General Says Russia Knew Rebel Offensive Was Coming -- WSJ
Lining Up to Receive Aid in Ukraine, Crowd Is Devastated by a Mortar Attack -- NYT
Civilians flee east Ukraine town as fighting intensifies -- AP
Potential conscripts evade draft, flee country amid escalation in E. Ukraine -- RT