An internationally brokered truce in Ukraine’s breakaway east was on the verge of collapse on Monday just 48 hours after it took effect, with Kiev refusing to surrender a strategic railway hub where thousands of government troops were surrounded and faced attack by advancing Russian-backed separatists.
The battle for Debaltseve, site of the fiercest fighting between rebel fighters and government forces in the last few weeks, intensified on Monday.
Separatist leaders offered to create a corridor to allow for the evacuation of thousands of Ukrainian troops trapped in the region if they surrendered their arms.
您已阅读16%（612字），剩余84%（3129字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。