Kyiv said on Wednesday, Nov. 5 it would halt payment of state funds in areas controlled by pro-Moscow rebels, as both sides hardened positions in what is rapidly becoming a "frozen conflict": a long-term stalemate that the West believes is Russia's aim.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: The war in Ukraine is now a very active ‘frozen’ conflict
Militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic stand guard on Nov. 4, 2014 outside a theater before the inauguration of the newly elected leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
