LUHANSKE, Ukraine - Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers retreated from from the strategic railway town of Debaltseve Feb. 19, breaking through encirclement by Russian-backed militants and heading to government-controlled territory on trucks, tank and foot. Here, four of them recall briefly a day filled with blood and chaos.
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Ukrainian soldiers get on the military vehicle as they as they break through the cordon of Russian-backed insurgents who surround Debaltseve, and retreat to Artemivsk in Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 18.
