Kiev (AFP) – US President Barack Obama vowed Sunday to ramp up pressure on Russia after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed Ukrainian rebels killed 30 and threatened to open new front in the war.Saturday’s assault on Mariupol — the main city standing between separatist territory near the Russian border and the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Moscow annexed in March — came a day after the insurgents pulled out of peace talks and vowed to capture new land.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told an emergency security meeting that Kiev had intercepted calls proving the attack was masterminded by terrorists …read more
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