DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multipronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops.
Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko said rebel fighters launched the offensive to gain more territory and forestall a Ukrainian attack.
The U.N. human rights agency on Friday raised its estimate of the conflict’s overall death toll to nearly 5,100 since April due to the fighting.
U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove said air defense and electronic warfare equipment have been detected in eastern Ukraine — hardware that, in the past, coincided with the incursion of Russian troops into Ukraine. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
