Debaltsevo encirclement: after the battle

Embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltsevo and its surroundings after the withdrawal of Ukraine's government forces - in photo gallery by TASS

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All the Ukrainian forces were pulled back from the Debaltsevo area, according to a Russian envoy to the joint control and coordination center. Photo: A militiaman passes destroyed building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Uglegorsk, not far from Debaltsevo

No casualties have been registered in Deblatsevo over the last 48 hours. Photo: A militiaman feeding a cat in front of destroyed buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Uglegorsk, not far from Debaltsevo

Photo: Militia fighters posing by a road sign at the entrance in Debaltsevo, Ukraine, after checking the access road into town for mines left behind by retreating Ukrainian government troops

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a decision on February 17 that all the units of Ukraine’s Armed Forces should be withdrawn from the strategic town of Debaltsevo. Photo: Ukrainian serviceman while pulling out of Debaltsevo, February 18, 2015

The head of Donetsk People's republic stated that a section of the Debaltsevo-Artyomovsk highway in the Logvinovo area has become a "death road" for Ukrainian troops who attempted to break through the encirclement. Photo: Ukrainian troops push a car as attempt to start it, outside Artyomovsk, Ukraine, while pulling out of Debaltsevo

Ukrainian troops left loads of ammunition after their retreat from the Debaltsevo area. Photo: A burned tank after heavy fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Uglegorsk, not far from Debaltsevo, Donetsk area

Photo: Burned military vehicle in the eastern Ukrainian city of Uglegorsk, not far from Debaltsevo

Donetsk region’ self-defense militia command previously reported that a Ukrainian force grouping numbering 8,000 men opposed them in the Debaltsevo area when the encirclement manoeuvre was launched. Photo: Cossack commander Nikolai Kozitsyn, known to his fellow militia fighters by the nom de guerre "Daddy"

Photo: Militiaman holding a shell as he takes position not far from the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltsevo

Deaths in the Ukraine conflict have reached almost 5,700 and may be far higher, according to the United Nations human rights office

The Ukrainian armed forces and leadership of the self-proclaimed LPR and DPR seek to withdraw weapons from the contact line soon. Photo: Ukrainian servicemen standing at the checkpoint near Luhansk village not far of Debaltsevo, Donetsk area, Ukraine

Photo: Ukrainian servicemen cleaning their weapon at the checkpoint near Luhanske village not far of Debaltsevo, Donetsk area

All the Ukrainian forces were pulled back from the Debaltsevo area, according to a Russian envoy to the joint control and coordination center. No casualties have been registered in the settlement since 18 February. Deaths in the Ukraine conflict have reached almost 5,700 and may be far higher, as reported by United Nations human rights office. Debaltsevo area after the battle - in photo gallery by TASS.