President Donald Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions is under fire for his Russian contacts; Trump taps Putin biographer Fiona Hill as White House national security aide. Russian war planes patrol the Mediterranean and three more ships have passed through the Bosphorous.
Fighting escalated further today with Russia-backed forces firing 117 times on Ukrainian positions. Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two were wounded in action.
Russia-backed forces attacked 56 times in the previous day; 2 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and one was wounded. Three people participating in a blockade of the separatist-held territories were injured in an attack by masked men at the crossroads.
The Russian State Duma called for “preparing for the worst” regarding the policies of US President Donald Trump. Police searched the home of human rights activist Zoya Svetova in the YUKOS case.
Two soldiers were killed, two were wounded, and two suffered concussions in the last 24 hours, the ATO [Anti-Terrorist Operation] reported.
On February 26, fifteen thousand Russians marched in Moscow and thousands in other Russian cities to commemorate the assassination February 27, 2015 of Boris Nemtsov, former first vice premier and a leader of the opposition.
Four Ukrainian soldiers wounded in 49 ceasefire violations.
Heavy fighting continues around Avdeyevka (Avdiivka) with 18 Ukrainian soldiers wounded or suffering concussions. Residents are without power or water and more homes were destroyed in fires.
Water has been cut in Avdeyevka, one Ukrainian soldier has been killed, and there’s no end in sight to the fighting.
We cannot ignore the promise of democracy, that fragile hope that was so victorious on that bright morning three years ago.
