Is another Russian-backed rebel offensive in the offing? The OSCE reported last night that fighting outside Mariupol in eastern Ukraine had reached its highest intensity since conflict first broke out in the area in mid-February 2015. The report went on to note that its unarmed surveillance drones had seen rebel tanks, self-propelled howitzers, and as many as 60 APCs massing near Mariupol over the last three days.Despite all this, an EU delegation led by Jean-Claude Juncker, which is meeting with its Ukrainian counterparts in Kyiv for its first summit since the signing of the Association Agreement, is putting pressure on …read more
Source: The American Interest
