Ukraine's persistent shooting in the east draws multi-ethnic recruits
- 9 years ago
Unofficial fighting in eastern Ukraine continues to draw in volunteers from other parts of the country. Since pro-Russian separatists forced Ukrainian troops out of Debaltseve in mid-February after the Minsk cease-fire agreement was signed, there have been sporadic exchanges of fire.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called it a pseudo cease-fire and said nearly 11,000 Russian troops are currently deployed in Ukraine.
Our correspondent Beatrix Asboth talked to a soldier from Ukraine’s Hungarian minority. Peter Filipovics lives just a few kilometres from the Hungarian border in Ukraine’s western extremity.
Filipovics said: “When they agreed to the Minsk Protocol, we got the heaviest shelling and the so called recapturing of Debaltseve. That’s how we experienced their commitment to Minsk.”
Uzghorod, the capital of the Transcarpathia region, was once Hungarian. Mostly Ukrainians live here now. Right at the Slovakian border and only 26 kilometres from Hungary, it is both a
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called it a pseudo cease-fire and said nearly 11,000 Russian troops are currently deployed in Ukraine.
Our correspondent Beatrix Asboth talked to a soldier from Ukraine’s Hungarian minority. Peter Filipovics lives just a few kilometres from the Hungarian border in Ukraine’s western extremity.
Filipovics said: “When they agreed to the Minsk Protocol, we got the heaviest shelling and the so called recapturing of Debaltseve. That’s how we experienced their commitment to Minsk.”
Uzghorod, the capital of the Transcarpathia region, was once Hungarian. Mostly Ukrainians live here now. Right at the Slovakian border and only 26 kilometres from Hungary, it is both a