Ukraine says rebels using rocket launchers
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian military officials say separatist rebels in the east have resumed the use of rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under a February peace deal.
The army said in a statement Tuesday that rebels fired Grad rockets the evening before at the government-held town of Avdiivka, which lies on the fringes of the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk.
There has been a recent uptick in clashes along the front separating government and rebel forces. Speaking an investor conference in Kiev, President Petro Poroshenko warned Tuesday that that the resumption of full-blown war is a perennial threat.
More than 6,000 people have died and another million have been displaced by the conflict that has raged over the past year.
Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council (CLICK TO ENLARGE):
