Local temporary ceasefire was reportedly agreed upon for 6 February to evacuate civilians from Debaltseve. In the afternoon the arrangement made at the Joint Coordination Control Center and to which Ukraine, Russia and Russian-backed militants presumably were parties, was re-confirmed by the ATO spokesman Lysenko;

"When the airport terminal was blasted the roof collapsed and our guys were covered with the rubble from the wreckage. They yelled for help. They made it through the night. Those who had grenades blew themselves up," thirty year old Anatoly Tkachuk tells horrible story about Ukrainian Cyborgs from Donetsk airport to Anna Bova.

EMPR continues its exclusive series “Notes of an old warrior in the kitchen” by military expert Ukrop Bobrovsky in which he shares his opinion and analysis of the situation in eastern Ukraine.  The author is a military man, an officer (there are no “former” officers” but he left service long ago) who served in various regions of the RSFSR for more than 20 years and has experience in several armed conflicts.

February 6, Crimean Supreme Court decided to leave Deputy Chairman of Crimean Tatar Mejlis Akhtem Chiygoz in pre-trial detention centre till 19 February, krymr.com reports.

From 24 January to 5 February 1,529 children were evacuated from the conflict zone in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine reports.

While fighting rages in Ukraine’s East, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helping people map the damage to prepare for a swift recovery.

Today's EMPR twitter digest prepared with aim to pay last tribute to the prominent Ukrainian musician - contributor to Ukrainian culture and active volunteer who helped Ukrainian soldiers Andriy Kuzmenko (Kuzma) in the day of his funeral.

Did you know that grenades, mines and other military explosives are good for fishing of Russian servicemen at the occupied territory in Donetsk oblast of eastern Ukraine during Russian military intervention? So now you know all about grenades fishing of Russian servicemen in Ukraine!

3 February, near "DPR"-controlled Makiivka OSCE SMM to Ukraine spotted 21 military trucks transporting Grad ammunition, OSCE SMM report as of 4 February 2015 says.

Russian armed forces shelling Donetsk with white phosphorus.

Since January 2014, EMPR twitter team operates 24/7 to provide in-time info, breaking news, analytics, video and photo reports about Ukraine for our readers from all over the World. Discover the latest updates from Ukraine for February 4, 2015 with EMPR twitter digest.