Tens of thousands of Russian troops massing near the Ukrainian border, convoys of tanks, and a deadly escalation in the grinding trench war in eastern Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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A Ukrainian soldier looks through the scope of his gun in a shelter located in the front line with Russia-backed separatists in the small city of Shyrokyne, 25 km from Azov Sea port of Mariupol, on Nov. 28, 2018.