Ukrainian troops backed by tanks and fighter-bombers have pressed on with a renewed offensive against pro-Kremlin insurgents that has drawn Russian ire, but also vital US support. The return of all-out fighting in Europe's worst security crisis in nearly two decades set off a new international scramble to dampen hostilities in the strategic ex-Soviet state.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Agence France-Presse: Ukraine presses offensive with US support
A pro-Russian militant looks through the scope of his rifle during the storm of the regional police station in the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on July 1, 2014.
