At a briefing in Washington last week, NATO’s top military commander offered a grim assessment of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Fighting is “getting worse every day” between Ukrainian government forces and separatists backed by Russian troops, finances, and heavy weapons, Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove said on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon. Ukrainian troops were recently forced to retreat from the strategic rail hub Debaltseve after an onslaught from the pro-Russian rebels. Ukrainians now fear that the separatists could launch assaults on the eastern cities of Mariupol and Kharkiv—further violating a ceasefire agreement reached in February.
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Source: The Washington Free Beacon
