A nine-hour humanitarian truce is currently holding in Ukraine, pro-Russian rebel officials and Ukrainian government officials told ABC News Feb. 6. The two sides agreed that a humanitarian corridor would last from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. local time (11 a.m. ET), allowing civilians to evacuate from Debaltseve, a strategic railway hub that has become the epicenter of recent fighting.
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ABC News: Desperate civilians evacuate Ukraine during humanitarian truce
Refugees from Debaltseve get into buses in Artemivsk to escape the pro-Russain rebels shelling on Feb. 5, 2015.
