Kiev’s forces capture two towns just outside the rebels’ stronghold, as Russia and the west step up their war of wordsGovernment forces tightened the noose around the main stronghold of pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, as Moscow and the west stepped up their war of words.The seizure of Krasnogorovka and Staromikhailovka, towns just outside Donetsk, brought the army to the edge of one of the last cities still in rebel hands following its advances in the past month. The other is Luhansk, near the border with Russia. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
