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Debaltseve, Donetsk, Europe, Luhansk, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Conflict, USA
UKRAINE, East – Debaltseve links Donetsk to Luhansk. Russian backed rebels in both areas have declared their intention to be ‘self ruled’. The OSCE blamed the rebels for violence in another strategic town – Mariupol – earlier this week.
Rebel leader Alexander Zacharchenko claims to be leader of the newly formed Donetsk People’s Republic.