Russia and Ukraine again blamed each other Wednesday for the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko described the situation as tense, adding that pro-Russian rebels are attacking the army on all fronts.
The spokesman also said that the hostilities have intensified in Debaltseve, a strategic town which links separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Moscow rejected the Ukrainian position.
“The latest military actions provoked by Kyiv will lead to the inevitable further escalation of the conflict” and “undermine efforts taken by the international community to end the bloodshed,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Source: Voice of America
