In Ukraine, peace still seemed far away on Tuesday in the strategic region of Debaltseve. A fifteen kilometers from the city, a mortar hit a pipeline causing a massive gas explosion. The scene was filmed by journalists. A Ukrainian reporter was injured by the blast and immediately taken to hospital.
Given the situation Debaltseve, rebels and the Ukrainian army still refusing to withdraw heavy weapons, yet one of the main points of the Minsk Agreement. The city, under control of Kiev, is encircled by the separatists, fighters are even now in the streets of Debaltsveve, where they face the Ukrainian forces.
The rebels claimed Tuesday to have taken control of the station and the eastern suburbs. Information impossible to verify. The clashes caused losses on both sides.
Debaltseve is an important road and rail junction, located midway between the separatist bastions of Donetsk and Luhansk. Each side claims the city as part of its territory.
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