This story first appeared on The Daily Signal.
A mortar killed Daniel Kasyanenko on a battlefield in eastern Ukraine. He was 19 years old.
He died on August 6, almost six months after the February 12 cease-fire. He was one of 18 Ukrainian soldiers to die in a 10-day stretch from August 1 to August 10; 98 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in combat during the same period.
Kasyanenko’s death reflects a truth: the notion that there is, or ever was, a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine is a farce.
I met Kasyanenko in mid-June, seven weeks before he died. We were in Pisky, a …read more
Source: Newsweek
