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| Ukraine army attacks eastern rebels as truce ends | |
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| Ukrainian forces have launched a full-scale military operation against pro-Russia separatists in the east, hours after a ceasefire ended. | Ukrainian forces have launched a full-scale military operation against pro-Russia separatists in the east, hours after a ceasefire ended. |
| Rebel bases and strongholds were under attack from aircraft and artillery, government officials said. | Rebel bases and strongholds were under attack from aircraft and artillery, government officials said. |
| The 10-day ceasefire ended on Monday evening, with President Petro Poroshenko saying "criminal elements" had thwarted the chance for peace. | The 10-day ceasefire ended on Monday evening, with President Petro Poroshenko saying "criminal elements" had thwarted the chance for peace. |
| Western leaders and Russia had urged him to prolong the truce. | Western leaders and Russia had urged him to prolong the truce. |
| Ukraine's parliament speaker Oleksander Turchynov told MPs on Tuesday: "I can inform you that in the morning the active phase of the anti-terrorist operation was renewed. | Ukraine's parliament speaker Oleksander Turchynov told MPs on Tuesday: "I can inform you that in the morning the active phase of the anti-terrorist operation was renewed. |
| "Our armed forces are carrying out strikes on terrorist bases and checkpoints." | "Our armed forces are carrying out strikes on terrorist bases and checkpoints." |
| President Poroshenko went on television on Monday night saying: "We will attack, we will free our land." | President Poroshenko went on television on Monday night saying: "We will attack, we will free our land." |
| The president had come under pressure from protesters in Kiev who urged a renewal of the operation against the separatists. | |
| Russia's foreign ministry on Tuesday said it regretted Mr Poroshenko's decision not to extend the truce, condemning what it termed "criminal" calls to crack down on the separatists. | |
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| Both sides had accused each other of violating the truce, during which frequent clashes were reported. | |
| One separatist leader in the east vowed to continue fighting until all Ukrainian troops had left. | |
| The "prime minister" of the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic, Vasiliy Nikitin, told the Interfax news agency: "All calls for our fighters to lay down arms can only be discussed after Ukrainian troops withdraw." | |
| A four-way teleconference on Monday between Mr Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had raised hopes the truce would be renewed. | A four-way teleconference on Monday between Mr Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had raised hopes the truce would be renewed. |
| The French presidency said in a statement soon after the conference that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to work together to establish a bilateral ceasefire in the east and were also working towards the establishment of effective border controls. | |
| But Mr Poroshenko said in his address: "The decision not to continue the ceasefire is our answer to terrorists, militants and marauders." | But Mr Poroshenko said in his address: "The decision not to continue the ceasefire is our answer to terrorists, militants and marauders." |
| In violence on Monday, Russia's Channel One TV cameraman Anatoly Klyan was shot and killed near Donetsk, while Ukraine's military said that five soldiers were killed and 17 wounded in clashes. | |
| Mr Putin had stressed the importance of extending the ceasefire, calling for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to play an "active role" in monitoring a truce. | |
| President Poroshenko signed a landmark EU trade pact on Friday. The issue of whether Ukraine should lean more towards Russia or the EU was the trigger for the current crisis. | |
| The refusal of Mr Poroshenko's predecessor, Viktor Yanukovych, to sign the EU deal last year - under pressure from Russia - led to protests in Kiev and his eventual overthrow. | |
| Russia then annexed Ukraine's Crimea region, and separatists in the east declared independence from Ukraine. | |
| Are you in Ukraine? Are you affected by the new military operation? Email your experiences to Haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk using the subject "Ukraine". | Are you in Ukraine? Are you affected by the new military operation? Email your experiences to Haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk using the subject "Ukraine". |
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