For weeks, conflict has been escalating in eastern Ukraine. Hardly a day goes by without an exchange of fire. Heavy weapons are being used again. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which should be monitoring to ensure that the long-established cease-fire is respected, can scarcely deliver more than helpless reports of a war that is still not over after three years.
Politically speaking, all sides – the leadership in Kyiv, as well as the separatists and their supporters in the Kremlin – are pouring fresh fuel on the fire.
