Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Sept. 1 of "direct and open aggression" which he said had radically changed the battlefield balance as Kiev's forces suffered a further reverse in the war with pro-Moscow separatists.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Poroshenko accuses Russia of ‘open aggression’ as rebels advance
Pro-Russian rebels try to repair an armoured vehicle left behind by the retreating Ukranian army in Komsomolske, south east of Donetsk, on Aug. 31, 2014.
