Amid increased shelling in Eastern Ukraine, French President Macron intensifies efforts to compel President Biden and President Putin to meet.
that it believes Russia has plans to kill large numbers of critics, dissidents and “vulnerable populations” in Ukraine or send them to camps after the expected invasion. The Kremlin denied the report Monday, calling it “an absolute lie."tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine’s borders in recent weeks, prompting fears of an invasion that it firmly denies its planning.
The renewed flurry of diplomacy comes amid increased shelling in Ukraine, where independent monitors over the weekend reported a markedly rise in the number of cease-fire violations., which has been brewing between Moscow-backed separatists and government forces since 2014, could lead to a wider conflict.
Ukraine said late Sunday the separatist forces fired on rebel-controlled Luhansk in a provocation aimed at laying blame on the Ukrainian forces. On Monday, both Ukrainian forces and separatists reported continued shelling of residential settlements.
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