Fighting escalates in eastern Ukraine
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The war in eastern Ukraine has escalated sharply with fighting across the so-called Line of Contact in the Donetsk region, amid a Russian military build-up in Crimea and along Ukraine’s border
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Kiev
UKRAINE 
MOLDOVA
RUSSIA
Black Sea
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RUSSIA
ROMANIA
LUHANSK  REGION
DONETSK REGION
UKRAINE
Berdyansk
Taganrog
Shumy Pivdenne
Line of Contact
Luhansk
Kamianka Pisky
Horlivka Donetsk
Mariupol
Rostov-on-Don
Sea of Azov

Recent ceasefire violations

50km 30 miles
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Ukraine claims 40,000 Russian troops – Kremlin says 4,000
Crimea: 32,000+ Russian troops
28,000 Pro- Russian separatists
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Apr 2019: Volodymyr Zelenskiy (left) elected president of Ukraine. Pledges to end war in east

Jul 2020: Ceasefire along Line of Contact agreed by Trilateral Contact Group – Ukraine,
Russia, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Apr 9, 2021: President Zelenskiy visits troops in Donbass region

Apr 14-15, 2021: Two U.S. Navy destroyers due to enter Black Sea as Russian buildup continues
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Sources: Associated Press, Reuters, Warzone Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS