Something big may be about to go down in Ukraine. For the Ukrainian soldiers that are stationed on the eastern border with Russia, however, things have already escalated to a conventional conflict - for example in Shyrokyne, on the Azov Sea coast east of the port city of Mariupol, Ukrainian forces have reported being the target of over 200 rounds of mortars and artillery fire in the middle of the night from separatist forces.
And the conflict in Ukraine looks like it could be on the verge of boiling over as Russian and Russian-backed forces are encircling Ukraine from the north, east, and south.
