Pro-Russian rebels search through rubble of Debaltseve


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  • Saturday, 21 Feb 2015

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko takes part in a wreath laying ceremony near a monument to servicemen, killed during the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan, on a day honoring Ukrainian participants of combat operations in foreign states and territories in Kiev, February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters

DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Searching through the rubble strewn throughout the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, a separatist picked out the ammunition left by fleeing government troops before pro-Russian rebels captured the town this week.

"These are ours now, and we'll use them against (the Ukrainians) themselves. We have to expand," said the rebel who refused to give his name, straightening up while a dozen others continued their search for arms and ammunition.

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