The barrage has intensified this week, with shells hitting apartment buildings, a school, a bus stop, and the Red Cross office.
Negotiators representing Russia, Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe tried to consolidate the cease-fire with a follow-up agreement to create a buffer zone that requested each party to pull its artillery 15 kilometers (9 miles) back from the frontline.
For Ukraine, the airport has become a symbol of its military valor, and losing it would be certain to fuel public anger against President Petro Poroshenko, who has faced criticism for caving in to Russia by …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
