BBC journalists filed a somewhat breathless report this morning of having witnessed rebels shelling a Ukrainian army position east of Mariupol, in the embattled town of Shyrokyne. The OSCE has been witnessing engagements like these for the past several weeks, and Ukrainian soldiers interviewed by the BBC appear to have slept through the shelling, saying it was a routine occurrence. Notably, however, the BBC correspondent embedded with the Ukrainian troops said an unexploded shell looked to be the type fired by heavy artillery, which was supposed to have been removed from the front lines under the Minsk ceasefire agreement.This report …read more
Source: The American Interest
