Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko today paid a visit to his country’s war stricken Donetsk region to inspect progress on defence capabilities, as violence in nearby towns continues to increase.
Poroshenko visited the strategic stronghold Mariupol as Ukraine continues with its plan to build 300 fortification sites in different regions of the country. During his visit the president said that 100 defence facilities were already built and estimated that the rest would be finished by the end of July.
The fortifications consist of a sequence of trenches connecting armed control and communication centres in areas near the conflict zone such as Mariupol. Poroshenko …read more
Source: Newsweek
