NEWSWATCH: “Truce Unravels as Fighting Picks Up in Ukraine” – New York Times

… overshadowed by the war in Syria, fighting in eastern Ukraine has picked up sharply in recent weeks … The resumption of hostilities in Ukraine, with exchanges of machine gun and mortar fire across the front line up to levels not seen since last summer, suggests a willingness by Russia, which supports the rebels in eastern Ukraine, to sustain two conflicts at once. In late September, Russia began airstrikes in Syria on behalf  …  al-Assad.

A cease-fire … in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatists and the government on Sept. 1 … apparently coordinated with Russia’s military deployment in Syria. … that truce is now unraveling, ….

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