Monday, June 29, 2015

NATO General Philip Breedlove Sees Threat of Pro-Moscow Rebel Offensive in Ukraine

NATO’s military chief said that Russia-backed forces appear to be “preparing, training and equipping” for a potential new offensive in eastern Ukraine, even as European leaders said the conflict there was entering a “political phase.”
Gen. Philip Breedlove, the NATO military commander, 
testifies at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing 
on Thursday. Photo: MARK WILSON/GETTY IMAGES
U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s top commander, said Thursday that the separatist forces have been using the relative lull in fighting since a cease-fire was signed in February to regroup.
“These preparations are consistent with the possibility of an offensive,” Gen. Breedlove said at a Pentagon news conference. “And that is what we have seen through several of the previous pauses in eastern Ukraine.”
Billboards with Stalin’s image have appeared in Crimea, 
which Russia annexed from Ukraine, ahead of the May 9 
anniversary of the end of World War II. 
Photo: ANTON VOLK/AP
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has warned in recent days of an increase in violence, including heavy shelling last weekend outside the port of Mariupol, the largest government-held city in the area. A top European Union official said this week after meeting with Ukrainian leaders that they fear Russia is preparing a broad attack on their country.
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