The ukrainian army withdrawal from Debaltseve

Ukrainian forces began their withdrawal, wednesday february 18, in the city of Debaltseve, where fighting with pro-russian forces held for several days. For the first time, Kiev has recognized that the separatists had entered this strategic city for control of eastern Ukraine. "The withdrawal of troops from Debaltseve is conducted in a planned and organized manner", said Semen Semenchenko, a leader of the paramilitary unit Donbass favorable to the government of Kiev. "A release of our military is ongoing, we're partially out of encirclement", said Ilia Kiva, deputy head of the regional police while ensuring that the ukrainians hadn't abandoned the city. "The street fighting continues. There was a small battle tanks", he added.
While the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine foresaw the beginning of the withdrawal of heavy weapons from tuesday february 17, fighting continued around the city, making even the fear of failure commissioning of the Minsk Agreement. 
The pro-russian separatists seem indeed not ready to stop fighting until they had not taken this city they claim as part of their "inner self". For several weeks, they bomb the rail and road junction, strategic because halfway between the two great bastions, Donetsk and Luhansk.