Kyiv Control

From the BBC:
"Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko orders troops to key cities"

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has ordered army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities in case of a new rebel offensive. Mr Poroshenko said the units were to protect Mariupol, Berdyansk, Kharkiv and the north of Luhansk region. He spoke after meeting security chiefs in the wake of disputed polls in rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk. He said he was still committed to the current peace process but has proposed cancelling a key plank of the plan. The peace process was laid out in a 5 September ceasefire deal agreed in Minsk, Belarus. Angered by the elections, Mr Poroshenko has proposed scrapping a law that gives special status to Donetsk and Luhansk. Both regions staged swearing-in ceremonies for their pro-Russian leaders on Tuesday, following the elections there on Sunday.  Alexander Zakharchenko was inaugurated president of the Donetsk People's Republic while Igor Plotnitsky was sworn in as president of the Luhansk People's Republic. The polls were held against the background of a conflict that has killed more than 4,000 people in eastern Ukraine since April. Ukraine accuses Russia of arming the rebels and sending Russian regular troops across the border - a claim denied by Moscow. Both the government and rebel sides have repeatedly violated the ceasefire.

^ If Russia stopped arming the terrorists with weapons and men then the violence would stop and peace could return to eastern Ukraine. I don'[t see that happening anytime soon since the Russian officials are still riding their "victory" of annexing the Crimea  - while the Russian economy and its people are feeling the bad effects. ^

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29905014