Ukraine War News Updates -- January 31, 2015

Bloomberg: Ukraine Peace Talks Start as Fighting Rages Over Strategic Town



WNU Editor: Peace/truce talks have begun in Minsk .... but I am not optimistic. The fighting in eastern Ukraine is now happening on multiple fronts .... the only thing that is not being used are helicopter gunships and fighter bombers/attack aircraft.

Ukraine War News Updates -- January 31, 2015

Ukraine, rebels hold fresh peace talks as fighting rages in east -- Reuters

Ukraine crisis: 'Dozens killed' in east as Minsk talks open -- BBC

Ukraine peace talks begin in Minsk as fighting continues -- CNN

Ukraine talks to begin amid fierce fighting in Debaltseve -- France 24

Ukraine peace talks participants arrive in Minsk amid worsening crisis -- RT

Officials From Ukraine, Russia, OSCE, And Rebels Arrive In Minsk -- Radio Free Europe

Talks on ending Ukraine fighting begin as death toll continues to rise -- The Guardian

Fresh peace talks in Minsk as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine -- Deutsche Welle

Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as government forces struggle to hold back pro-Russian offensive -- Euronews

Rebels Suffer Heavy Losses in Battle for Ukraine's Debaltseve -- NBC

15 Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours -- AFP

Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine, 15 soldiers killed -- Reuters

Fifteen Ukrainian troops killed, 30 injured in Donbas over past 24 hours - Defense Minister -- Interfax Ukraine

Scramble to treat wounded at last Ukraine frontline hospital -- AFP

Ukraine General Says Russia Knew Rebel Offensive Was Coming -- WSJ

Lining Up to Receive Aid in Ukraine, Crowd Is Devastated by a Mortar Attack -- NYT

Civilians flee east Ukraine town as fighting intensifies -- AP

Potential conscripts evade draft, flee country amid escalation in E. Ukraine -- RT