The one bright spot in the otherwise largely unimplemented February 2015 Minsk peace agreement was a ceasefire that ended full-scale fighting between Ukrainian forces and Moscow-backed, pro-Russian rebels who seized parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the Ukrainian-Russian border almost two years ago.
Foreign Policy: Ukraine’s meat grinder is back in business
A National Guard soldier walks with a dog at a checkpoint near Popasne, Luhansk Oblast on Feb. 28, 2016.
