It was always an uncomfortable paradox for Ukraine's warring sides: while Kiev and Russian-backed rebels battled each other for nearly three years, trade kept flowing across the frontline. It was always an uncomfortable paradox for Ukraine’s warring sides: while Kiev and Russian-backed rebels battled each other for nearly three years, trade kept flowing across the frontline.Now even those tenuous links have finally ruptured after Ukraine’s leader Petro Poroshenko ordered a halt to all goods deliveries to the eastern separatist regions, ramping up tensions in the festering conflict.The move was a last resort for Kiev, as coal from their former industrial …read more
Source: Pulse Nigeria
