Ukraine - Feb 17

Serious diplomatic efforts at the second Minsk "ceasefire" agreement appear to be unraveling with pitched fighting continuing to flare up in Debaltsve, Ukraine between the NAF and UAF, two days since the ceasefire was supposed to come into effect.  While fighting appears to have died down on other fronts in the Donbas conflict, the NAF appear determined to seize the strategically important town of Debaltseve where several thousand Ukrainian troops are encircled. Source: Moscow Times