Ukraine War Risks Reigniting as OSCE Warns of Troop Buildup

After more than a year of fighting, sides are fortifying positions and amassing weapons, said Alexander Hug, deputy chief of the Organization for Security and Cooperation’s mission in Ukraine. His comments follow a report Monday that cease-fire violations had reached a daily record. Civilian casualties have also risen.

There’s “a preparedness of both sides to a degree we haven’t seen before,” Hug told reporters Tuesday in Kiev.

“Ukraine is implementing the Minsk agreement; Russia and its proxies are not,” Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, said on a conference call Tuesday.
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