The past 10 days have witnessed a significant escalation of violence all along the line of contact (LOC) between the Ukrainian armed forces (UAF) and combined Russian-separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. What follows are four initial observations about the increased fighting and then my take on what accounts for it.
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A Ukrainian serviceman walks in front of a house destroyed by shelling perpetrated by pro-Russian separatists in the village of Sartana, near Mariupol, Donetsk region, on Aug. 17, 2015.
