NATO made an official statement warning Russia against pressing further into Ukrainian territory when the alliance’s 28 members met to discuss the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine, which has seen a sharp uptick in violence in the past month. Shelling around Mariupol, a key port city on the Sea of Azov that analysts say would be Russia’s likely first step towards establishing a “land bridge” to Crimea, has picked back up to levels not seen since before both sides signed the Minsk II ceasefire agreement banning, among other things, further advances and the use of heavy artillery.Though the fighters always …read more
Source: The American Interest
