DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Two of the most senior rebels battling government troops in eastern Ukraine quit on Thursday, deepening the disarray in a pro-Moscow separatist movement that is being pushed back by a Ukrainian military offensive.
The resignations came on the same day that artillery shells landed for the first time since the conflict began in the centre of the eastern city of Donetsk, the separatists’ main stronghold.
The reverses suffered by the rebels could force a tactical rethink by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
While he has denied directly helping the rebels, his strategy of keeping Ukraine from integrating with the West …read more
Source: Newsweek
