Intensified Combat and a Wave of Bombings May Be Kremlin Pushing Ukraine to Accept New Talks
Russia reportedly has sent two battalions of troops into Ukraine’s Donbas region to strengthen its forces there amid a week-long spike in combat. At a minimum, Russia’s injection of new regular troops, tanks and rockets is a warning to Ukraine’s government not to attempt a significant advance against the Russian-sponsored “republics” in southeastern Ukraine.But the renewed invasion and escalated fighting—plus a wave of bombings and sabotage attacks around Ukraine—also may be Russian pressure on Kyiv (and its international allies) to accept a disadvantageous round of …read more
Source: Atlantic Council