Writing for Eurasia Daily Monitor on March 24, journalist Yuri Lapaiev noted a “creeping escalation” along the line of contact between Ukrainian and Russia-backed forces in Donbas. This creeping escalation comes despite a ceasefire that was brokered last year and started officially on July 27, 2020. Mr. Lapaiev wrote that the ceasefire, while technically still in place, “is functionally over.”
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The Ukrainian Weekly: Escalating violence in Donbas
Ukrainian soldiers are pictured on the front line defending their positions from Russia-backed separatists in Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 16, 2021.
