Ukraine Military: Pro-Russian Fighters Are Preparing To Launch A Military Assault On The City Of Mariupol

Reuters: Pro-Russia rebel build-up near port city alarms Ukraine military



(Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists are building up forces and weapons in Ukraine's south east and the Ukrainian military said on Saturday it was braced for the possibility of a rebel attack on the port city of Mariupol.


The Kiev military accused Russia on Friday of sending more tanks and troops towards the rebel-held town of Novoazovsk, further east along the Sea of Azov coast from Mariupol, expanding their presence on what it fears could be the next battlefront.


A rebel attack on Mariupol, a city of half a million people and potentially a gateway to Crimea, which Russia annexed last March, would almost certainly kill off a European-brokered ceasefire.



WNU Editor: Both sides are violating the ceasefire all along the front .... but if a major ground assault is launched on the city of Mariupol .... the ceasefire would definitely be dead.