Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko believes the risk of open war with Russia is greater now than it was in 2015, despite a relative de-escalation in violence in eastern Ukraine, German tabloid Bild reports.
While Russia has repeatedly denied it has sent any soldiers to support pro-Russian fighters in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Kiev begs to differ. Since fighting in the east began in 2014, following the toppling of Poroshenko’s pro-Russian predecessor Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian and foreign officials have repeatedly accused Russia of a covert military intervention. Ukraine has also repeatedly arrested alleged Russian officers, though Russia …read more
Source: Newsweek
