Ukraine’s President, Petro Poroshenko, has confirmed that government troops are withdrawing from the rebel-held city of Debaltseve.<br /><br /> Tanks, armoured vehicles and troop carriers could be seen pulling out of the city, and by midday on Wednesday 80 percent had already left according to the government.<br /><br /> The commander of one of the pro-government troop units said on his Facebook page that the withdrawal was taking place in a planned and organised manner.<br /><br /> (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));Post by Семен Семенченко.<br /><br /> The town has been at the centre of fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine.<br /><br /> “There was very heavy shelling”, said one government soldier. “We were praying all the time and saying goodbye to our lives a hundred times. The rebels had really good
