The New York Times: Reports that the US has accused Russia of " massing artillery and rocket systems around a contested town in eastern Ukraine and joining pro-Russian rebels in attacking Ukrainian forces, calling such actions a violation of the spirit of a cease-fire agreement signed just one day earlier. "
Lets Get Real:
It is simple strategy, the Russians want a land route to the Crimea and to hold as much of Eastern Ukraine as they can, thus they will have a VETO on any plans of the Western Kiev Government to joint NATO or the EU. One can expect PR of tanks and soldiers moving out of East Ukraine, but this will be just PR, the Kremlin will make sure its allies have the heavy weapons needed to keep the fight on going, when the TV news is covering another crisis the Russians will move back in, one would not be surprised to see the Russians going for Kiev later in the year. The Russian bear and its claws can not be trusted, the only old good Russian bear is one that has been put in its place, in other words real military and economic threats from the US and the EU. This crisis in Eastern Europe is not over, there will be more deaths, it even could lead to a hot war in Europe. Leaders have not learned from the 1930s.
