Flames burn near the strategic port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine. Government forces here have come under fire. This latest round of shelling comes only about thirty hours after Russia and Ukraine had declared a ceasefire, which was part of a plan to end a five-month-old conflict. Despite the fires that burn into the night, both Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed that “overall the ceasefire was being implemented.” …read more
Source: The Boston Globe
