DefenceTalkUkrainian forces ceded a strategic eastern airport to pro-Russian insurgents on Monday as the government in Kiev accused Moscow of launching a “great war” that could claim tens of thousands of lives. The sense of foreboding in Kiev came as European-mediated talks over the fast-escalating crisis opened in the Belarussian capital Minsk behind closed doors, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kiev-warns-of-great-war-with-russia-as-its-forces-retreat-60479/