Battle of Debaltseve
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From mid-<entity_4> during the <entity_0> of <entity_6>, the separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) tried to recapture the city of <entity_5> in <entity_2>, which had been under Ukrainian control since a counter-offensive by government forces in July 2014. Separatists began a concerted effort to force Ukrainian troops out of the city on <entity_4>–17 January, sparking the <entity_1>. <entity_5> came under pro-Russian separatist control in April 2014, amidst widespread unrest across eastern and southern <entity_6> in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Thousands of Ukrainian troops dug in at <entity_5> in <entity_4>. Despite the signing of a new ceasefire agreement on 12 <entity_3>, fighting intensified around <entity_5>. Separatist forces attempted an offensive on <entity_5> proper in an effort to push out government troops before the start of the ceasefire, which was to come into effect at 0:00 EET on 15 <entity_3>. Separatist forces removed the last pockets of Ukrainian resistance in the <entity_5> area on <entity_3>, when they captured the villages of Chornukhyne, Ridkodub, Nikishyne and Mius. According to a 27 February report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), DPR authorities found 500 civilian corpses in houses and cellars in <entity_5> after the <entity_7>.
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