Ukraine prospects of an imminent renewal of combat in the civil war.

The cold spring in Ukraine brings warning of an imminent renewal of combat in the civil war.

Former NATO commander U.S. Gen. Wesley Clark returned last month from a fact-finding journey to Kiev to convey to the Atlantic Council, a foreign affairs think tank in Washington, that authorities there expect a Russian-led separatist offensive to launch sometime before the Russian celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Nazis’ surrender in World War II, on Victory Day, May 9.

A Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) officer recently told a Kiev television audience to expect Russian terrorist activity on or about Orthodox Easter, which was April 12.

Moscow is reportedly most concerned with the prospect of a new round of fighting beginning sometime during or after the May 9 festivities across Russia.

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