On a quiet 9-mile stretch of road that meanders through some of Ukraine's rural farming communities, soldiers Aug. 11 assessed the damage just a day after one of the biggest attacks on Ukrainian forces since a peace deal was finalized in February. The dead had been removed hours earlier, but the fields beside the road remained pockmarked from the explosive power of pro-Russian artillery shells and an immobile Ukrainian tank smoldered 100 feet from the main road.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
International Business Times: Ukraine war on the brink? Faltering ceasefire and increased death toll may see return of banned heavy weapons
A member of the Organisation for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCE) Mission poses on a tank as he and others control the withdrawal of heavy weapons from pro-Russian separatists at the line of contact with Ukrainian forces, near Donetsk on July 19.
