Ukrainian forces pushed deeper into territory controlled by pro-Russian rebels Tuesday, fighting street battles in the besieged city of Luhansk and pressuring the outer defenses of Donetsk in a further blow to the separatists’ crumbling virtual state.
While continuing its offensive, the Ukrainian government said it saw a real chance for a peaceful settlement after an announcement that President Vladimir Putin of Russia would meet next Tuesday with his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
