Bombing and shelling continued in eastern Ukraine. they focused in recent days around the city of Debaltseve. Each time, they sow destruction. Some civilians leaving the city, many buildings were destroyed, others remain and are grieving ..
Node strategic rail, Debaltseve is still held by the Ukrainian army, but maybe not for long.
When the mortar shells and rockets fall, these civilians were the caves to take refuge.
"From the early morning, we go down here raonte a man sitting in a cave. When they begin to shoot, we take refuge here. And it lasts almost all day. One goes back to the apartment for lunch, very quickly. "
At the time when the Ukrainian army is losing ground, and after the peace negotiations were again cut short last Saturday, the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk, supported by Russia, accelerates mobilization.
Aexandre Zakharechenko, one of the separatist leaders:
"This is to increase the number of our men 100,000. This does not mean that we are going to recruit 100,000 men, but the forces of the Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk expected to reach 100,000 men. "
The pro-Russian rebels have warned that they intended, in the absence of agreement on a cease-fire, to expand their offensive to all the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk.
