Though the intensity of the fighting appeared to ease up earlier today, tensions remain high in eastern Ukraine, where the fragile Minsk II ceasefire seems on the verge of irreparably breaking down. Over the weekend, separatists in control of Horlivka (just outside of Donetsk) charged government forces with shelling the town center with heavy weapons and killing three, while Ukrainian forces reported at least two civilian deaths from rebel shelling outside of Mariupol. Vladimir Putin, speaking yesterday during a visit to Crimea, blamed the escalation firmly on the Ukrainian side, while Ukrainian leaders have been accusing Russian-backed separatists of using …read more
Source: The American Interest
