Evidence that the war in eastern Ukraine is heating up continues to mount: Russian-backed Ukrainian rebels are canceling military leave and mobilizing their full force in preparation for combat, according to a Russian state-run TV station. Several hours before the mobilization was announced, Vladimir Putin reportedly called an emergency meeting with his security chiefs and defense minister. The Kremlin-backed station quoted a representative of the rebels saying that war could break out at any time.Moreover, on Wednesday night, the OSCE reported its finding that several storage facilities where the rebels were supposed to be keeping their heavy armaments had been …read more
Source: The American Interest
