DONETSK - The shattered remains of a tank bearing a tattered Ukrainian flag sat beside the main highway to Mariupol on Jan. 26 afternoon, a remnant of what pro-Russian rebel forces said was a failed attempt by Ukrainian forces to push into rebel-held territory a few days after a shelling attack left 30 dead in that port city.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
New York Times: Cease-fire in shreds, Ukraine sees heaviest fighting in months
People light candles in commemoration to the people killed during shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, near the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius, January 26, 2015. The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting on the violence in eastern Ukraine after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed rebels killed 30 and threatened to open up a new front in the war.
