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Ukraine Fighting Focuses on Debaltseve Before Truce Deadline
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Fighting intensified in Ukraine as rebel and government forces sought to maximize territory under their control before a cease-fire is supposed to go into effect early Sunday.
The government in Kiev said pro-Russian separatists are attacking along the entire front line, from the strategic transport hub of Debaltseve to the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol. The rebels blamed the Ukrainian army for violating the accord signed Thursday in the Belarus capital, Minsk.