UKRAINE – The ceasefire in Ukraine hung by a thread Wednesday after President Petro Poroshenko accused pro-Russian rebels of endangering the peace process and ordered troop reinforcements to eastern cities.In another sign of how far apart the two sides are drifting, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced he was cutting the rebel-held Donetsk and Lugansk regions off from central government subsidies, so as not to finance “terrorists.”Artillery explosions could be heard early Wednesday around the airport in Donetsk, where Ukrainian soldiers have been holding out for weeks against surrounding separatist forces.Following salvos of Grad multiple rockets and cannon fire, black smoke …read more
Source: AsiaOne
