The editorial in last week’s issue of The Ukrainian Weekly focused on the rising level of violence occurring in Donbas. We noted that, according to a March 20 report by Radio Svoboda, it appeared that the number of “separatist” forces near the occupied towns of Horlivka and Mospino, both in the Donetsk region, had increased recently. Sadly, new reports this past week indicate that the situation has not improved. In fact, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, Lt. Gen. Ruslan Khomchak, this week notified Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, that Russian troops were amassing near the country’s border in the “north, east and south,” including in occupied Crimea.
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The Ukrainian Weekly: Russian troops amassing near eastern Ukraine
Supporters of Russian-backed militants who besieged the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine raise a flag that reads “Donetsk Republic” at a checkpoint in Donetsk Oblast on May 3, 2014.
