Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that the Ukrainian people were "in essence being pushed into the abyss of fratricidal war", as government forces step up their operation against pro-Russian armed groups in the eastern region.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Al Jazeera: Russia warns of ‘fratricidal war’ in Ukraine
One of the pro-Russian separatists patrols Donetsk Oblast's Kramatorsk on May 21, a city of 160,000 residents where many are getting fed up with the Kremlin-backed insurgency.
