Pro-Russia Separatists Target Key Assets In Eastern Ukraine -- L.A. Times
Pro-Russia separatists and Ukrainian government forces have abandoned all pretense of adhering to a cease-fire agreed to a month ago as the rebels have stepped up their assault on the Donetsk airport in hopes of gaining control of eastern Ukraine's most important transport hub.
A spokesman for the National Security and Defense Council reported Tuesday that five government soldiers had died in the fighting over the past 24 hours. Col. Andriy Lysenko told reporters in Kiev that the separatists had also suffered casualties in the escalating battle and confirmed that Ukrainian troops had returned fire after being attacked by multiple Grad rockets launched by "terrorists and Russian mercenaries."
Fighting has died down in much of the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk since a Sept. 5 agreement brokered in the Belarus capital of Minsk called for both sides to cease hostilities and exchange prisoners. But a rebel push for control of the badly damaged airport has steadily intensified, exposing those still hunkered down in the city that was formerly home to a million people to battle hazards.
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My Comment: As the above video from the Ukrainian defense ministry reveals .... fighting and casualties are being reported throughout eastern Ukraine. And while there is a attempt to stop the fighting .... I just do not see the Ukrainian military withdrawing from their positions, and I certainly do not see the rebels putting a stop to their offensive. All signs are now indicating a resumption of the civil war.