By Katie Stallard, in Horlivka, East Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels on the front line in eastern Ukraine have told Sky News they are not interested in peace talks or compromise.
The team was given rare access to forward positions in the separatist-controlled city of Horlivka.
Soldiers from the self-proclaimed 'Army of Novorossiya' (a tsarist term for the region, which translates as new Russia) said the time for talking had passed.
"Before, we wanted to talk. But now we are not interested in that," a commander who gave his name as 'Shusha' explained.
"They killed so many children, women and civilians so now we have nothing to talk about with them."
The commander said the two sides were just 700 metres apart at his position, as the rebels attempted to encircle a Ukrainian army position in the small town and strategic railhead of Debaltseve.
Another fighter, nicknamed 'Yakut', said peace talks were pointless and the conflict could only be resolved by military means.
"As soon as we start peace talks they change their positions and become more powerful," he said.
"When we start to press them, the international community asks for peace and ceasefire. But all negotiation and all ceasefire only helps them."
The Ukrainian government says the rebels are receiving weapons and support from Russia, a claim the Kremlin denies.
Aid workers have called for an immediate ceasefire to allow urgently-needed humanitarian supplies in.
At the city hospital in Horlivka, we saw more civilian casualties being brought in.
A man hit by mortar shrapnel in the street was rushed into emergency surgery, but doctors were unable to save his leg.
A middle-aged lady was stretchered in with a serious head injury. Paramedics said a shell had landed near her apartment block.
Behind her, in the ambulance, an elderly woman asked over and over again where she was and what had happened to her walking frame.
In the corridor outside the operating theatre, another frightened family waited for news.
They had been hiding in the basement of a relative's house when it was hit by a shell.
"The house was destroyed," a mother told us. "Our family and their family were there."
"The boy died. Her son." She pointed to a lady holding a small baby. "He was seven years old," she said.
"My son lost his face, he is here in the hospital now," she added.
Both sides have accused the other of indiscriminately shelling civilian areas.
It is little comfort to those caught in between.
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