Nato has warned of the risk of a return to heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine, as Kiev reported 30 attacks in the space of six hours, including howitzer fire, towards the port stronghold of Mariupol.
Although a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russian-backed fighters in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region has largely held since it was signed in the Belarusian capital of Minsk last February, violence has slowly escalated over the last month. Earlier this month pro-Russian rebels hit the town of Marinka, in what was the first major attempt of an advance since the first few days of the ceasefire.
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Source: Newsweek
