International monitors tracked 1,000 daily violations of the ceasefire in east Ukraine over the course of last week, in a huge surge even compared with the general uptick in the last two months.
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which monitors the situation on both the Ukrainian-held side of the frontline and the Russian-backed separatist-held side, said it is “high time” for both sides to uphold the ceasefire. Parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions have been held by Russian-backed forces since 2014, with a ceasefire deal failing to end shelling between the two sides since being signed …read more
Source: Newsweek
