While Trump Fiddles, Putin Steps Up the War in Ukraine

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.newsweek.com/while-trump-fiddles-putin-steps-war-ukraine-550603

Opinion
While Trump Fiddles, Putin Steps Up the War in Ukraine
By Nolan Peterson On 1/31/17 at 9:00 AM

This article first appeared on The Daily Signal.

Using artillery, tanks and rockets, combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian forces along the front lines in eastern Ukraine on Sunday and early Monday morning, highlighting once again that the February 2015 ceasefire has failed.

“This is barbarism,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday in response to the attacks, according to a tweet from his press secretary, Svyatoslav Tsegolko.

Ceasefire monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, tallied 2,260 “ceasefire violations” on Sunday.

And early Monday morning, combined Russian-separatist forces launched a predawn artillery attack and follow-on ground assault on the Ukrainian-held front-line town of Avdiivka.

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[Turbineguy]

1. He's a smart guy.

Take advantage of the chaos trump is creating in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

[OKIsItJustMe]

3. Is he taking advantage of it? Or... did he plan it?

I hate to seem paranoid, but...

[dhill926]

2. first two weeks....

these guys are good. Chaos. Anyone remember the pee-pee incident? Russian meddling in election....gotta find a way to put the breaks on and soon...

[Igel]

4. It's been happening like this for a year.

We hear about it when it fits the media's needs.

3 weeks ago it would have been an inappropriate problem. Yes, it would diss Russia. But it would have highlighted years of impotence and waffling.