War Returns To Eastern Ukraine



Washington Post: ‘Everything is destroyed’: A deadly surge of violence strikes eastern Ukraine

AVDIIVKA, Ukraine — From the center of this beleaguered eastern Ukrainian town, air bursts from exploding shells could be seen just a few hundred yards away Friday, and the sound of intense outgoing and incoming rounds echoed from several directions.

“This is the worst fighting we’ve seen in Ukraine since 2014 and early 2015,” said a visibly upset Alexander Hug, head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s monitoring mission in Ukraine, who was standing near a makeshift humanitarian aid station where shrapnel had collapsed a tent overnight. The town has been bombarded relentlessly every night this week in the latest flare-up of hostilities between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces.

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More News On The Ukraine War

The Latest: Russia Says Ukraine Is Seeking Military Victory -- AP
Worst fighting in east Ukraine since 2015; 33 dead this week -- AP
Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine -- CNN
Civilians killed as eastern Ukraine violence flares up -- Al Jazeera
Nine more killed in Ukraine as US presses Russia -- AFP
Ukraine conflict: Shelling rages on after nightfall -- BBC
Kremlin says it hopes pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels have enough ammunition -- Reuters
'Our Tanks Are Ready': Ukraine Braces For Escalation In Eastern War -- RFE
‘Not a single tank’? Kiev rep draws own picture of E. Ukraine town despite OSCE, BBC evidence -- RT
Russia and Ukraine trade blame over fighting as locals report worst night of shelling in months -- The Telegraph
In Avdiivka, Ukrainians See Surge in Fighting as Putin Testing Trump -- Time
Ukraine Sees Worst Shelling in a Year, Seeks New Normandy Talks -- Bloomberg
EU ministers press Russia over fighting in Ukraine -- The Guardian
UN Ambassador Haley hits Russia hard on Ukraine -- CNN
US condemns Russia's 'aggressive actions' in eastern Ukraine -- AP
Ukraine, separatists must act to stave off 'humanitarian disaster': aid, security groups -- Reuters
Global calls for constraint amid new flare-ups in eastern Ukraine -- Euronews

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