CBC News: Ukraine GDP tanks 15 percent as fighting drags on

By CBC News.

Published Feb. 17, 2015 at 11:57 am

Refugees from Debaltseve have lunch inside the heating tent at he railway station in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast as the evacuation continues on Feb. 5.

Photo by Anastasia Vlasova

As the supposed cease-fire in Ukraine fails to end the bloodshed in the east of the country, fresh data on Feb. 17 showed the extent of the pain being felt within the country's economy.