Is Russia getting ready to intervene in Ukraine with its regular forces, and are there any diplomatic exchanges under way to avert such a disaster?Ukraine is the crisis that wont go away. Once again the warning signs are multiplying, as troop levels on the Russian side of the border rise, military exercises that could overnight turn into the real thing begin, fighting around the rebel enclaves in eastern Ukraine becomes fiercer, and bellicose statements multiply.Twice in the past it has seemed as if a path away from confrontation might open up. The election of Petro Poroshenko in May was one …read more
Source: The Guardian