Nearly one year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the crisis continues to deepen between Russian and Ukrainian forces over control of eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian army withdrew last week from the badly damaged Donetsk airport, one of its few remaining strongholds in the contested eastern portion of the country.
A rocket attack on Saturday in the strategic seaside city of Mariupol killed 30 people, according to reports, and residents of the town—which stands astride the route between pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine and Russian-annexed Crimea—are preparing for a siege.
NATO military commander General Philip Breedlove said in a news conference in Brussels …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
