Ukraine Crisis: Poroshenko Orders Troops To Key Cities -- BBC
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has ordered army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities in case of a new rebel offensive.
Mr Poroshenko said the units were to protect Mariupol, Berdyansk, Kharkiv and the north of Luhansk region.
He spoke after meeting security chiefs in the wake of disputed polls in rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk.
He said he was still committed to the current peace process but has proposed cancelling a key plank of the plan.
The peace process was laid out in a 5 September ceasefire deal agreed in Minsk, Belarus.
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Update #1: Ukraine’s Poroshenko orders extra army units to protect cities from possible assault -- Reuters
Update #2: Ukraine rebel leaders sworn in, Kiev says peace plan violated -- Reuters
My Comment: Rumors have been circulating for the past few weeks that the Ukraine army will be launching a new offensive against the rebels in the east. Is this Presidential deployment order laying the groundwork and reason for such an offensive to happen? I have my doubts .... the Ukraine army is too weak and disorganized to launch any new offensive .... but the Ukraine army is being deployed, and I do know that there are many in Kiev who do want to see a resumption of a full scale civil war.
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