Within hours of a telephone conversation between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin on January 28, separatist and government forces in eastern Ukraine were hurling thousands of rounds of deadly artillery at each other.
The on-again, off-again civil war in Ukraine is now in its third winter. The dubious prize being fought over this time was the massive steel works at Avdiivka. The labyrinthine factory is an ugly rusting hulk that represents the very worst in Soviet architecture and ecological practices. A regular hotspot, it changed hands several times early in the war but has been occupied by government forces …read more
Source: National Post
