Oleksandr Zakharchenko
Tensions are high in eastern Ukraine as pro-Russian gunmen remain defiant
No one says they want war in Ukraine. But just look on the ground, in the country’s east especially, where tensions keep rising. Ukrainian troops have been deployed in the east to recapture areas seized by pro-Russia separatists. But in one town, they were blocked by civilians — and even appeared to lose some of their armored vehicles to the other side. And in the regional capital, Donetsk, pro-Russia gunmen took over the mayor’s office.