Headline Roundup • February 18th, 2015
Ukraine Forces Withdraw
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New York Times (News)
Ukrainian forces fought their way out of the embattled town of Debaltseve overnight on Wednesday, choosing a risky breakout rather than surrender as they abandoned the strategic transportation hub to Russian-backed militants.
NPR (Online News)
Following heavy shelling in what had been a Ukraine-controlled city, the central government's force is retreating from Debaltseve, a key railroad and transportation hub. Ukraine says it has now withdrawn 80 percent of its armed forces from the city.
Fox News Digital
Ukrainian separatists dubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as "yesterday’s miners or yesterday’s tractor drivers" drove Ukraine's army from a key rail hub in the eastern part of the country in what was branded a "crushing defeat" just days after a short-lived cease-fire agreement.
