Today a convoy of farmers from Krasnodar Territory who are attempting to go all the way to Moscow to complain about illegal land confiscations in the Kuban region vowed to continue their “march” despite frequent stops by police.
While there were no casualties reported today, Russian-backed militants kept up their attacks on the usual areas around Donetsk and Mariupol defended by the Ukrainian Army.
The Russian parliamentary elections are only a month away, but there has been little Russian mainstream media coverage of them this past month; the opposition’s struggles are mainly over with only a few registered.
Farmers in the provincial Russian region of Kuban angry at confiscation of their land have started a convoy of tractors and cars and set off to “march on Moscow.”
The Ukrainian military reported a large spike in ceasefire violations over the previous 24 hours.
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and four wounded, and 49 attacks have been made on Ukrainian positions today. An Ukrainian officer reports from Shirokino.
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Russian-backed forces reportedly used heavy artillery in all areas of the front.
