Ukraine Rebels Urge Cease-Fire Talks After Territorial Gains
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Rebels fighting government forces in Ukraine said they’re ready to discuss peace terms with the administration in Kiev after taking more territory and surrounding a key railway town.
Artillery shells rained down on the eastern city of Debaltseve, where rebels said they had surrounded government positions in an assault that Ukraine and its allies in the U.S. and the European Union say is backed by Russia. Negotiators for the self-proclaimed rebel entities in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions called for a demarcation line negotiated in a Sept. 5 truce in Minsk, Belarus, to be moved to reflect their advance.