The Telegraph: Surrender or die: Ukrainians trapped in Debaltseve pocket as deadline looms
Dispatch: up to 8,000 Ukrainians fighting for their lives in what the Russian-backed separatists are calling the Debaltseve pocket as a midnight ceasefire deadline passes
It was a little after midday when the volunteer-driven ambulance pulled into the yard of Artemivsk city hospital and disgorged half a dozen wounded soldiers.
Their camouflage stained with blood and their faces caked with the dirt of battle, these were just the latest casualties of a battle that has only grown fiercer since a peace agreement was signed in Minsk this week.
Thirty miles to the south-east, up to 8,000 Ukrainians were fighting for their lives in what the Russian-backed separatists are calling the Debaltseve pocket.
More News On The Battle For Debaltseve
'Carry on if You Want to Die': Ukraine's Battleground Town Debaltseve -- NDTV/AFP
Debaltseve Under Fire -- Huffington Post
Ukraine Cease-Fire Goes Into Effect, but Rebel Leader in Key Town Repudiates Accord -- NYT
Kiev Betrayed 5,000 Soldiers Encircled in Debaltseve - Donetsk Leader -- Sputnik
Fire ceased everywhere except Debaltseve, separatists say -- Kyiv Post
Fears for Ukraine’s ceasefire as clashes with Russia-backed rebels intensify -- The Guardian
5 comments:
That why you must never negotiate with terrorists !
It has noting to do with negotiation. If you make a bad decision/plan/strategy in war, don't be suprised if the enemy exploit it. This pocket is the result of a failed operation of the Ukrainian Army from Aug.-Sept. of last year.
And the failure of Ukrainian high command to withdraw their troops from the salient when they had the chance.
8,000 surrender? That's a lot of people to have to look after while still fighting a war. What would they do, send them to Siberia?
Bob,
The DPR will do to them what they did to the previous prisoners,
They will care for the wounded, humiliate the Punative Battalions, make the young ones call home and let their parents know they are okay,
Then they will be traded in a prisoner swap for DPR and LPR prisoners and civillians.
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