Amit tensions, Russia has scheduled military exercises including launches of ballistic and cruise missiles, under the supervision of Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin.
At the border on the other hand, a dozen mortar shells fell within a few hundred meters of Ukraine’s interior minister on Saturday as he met journalists on a tour of the frontline with Russian-backed rebels.
The minister, Denys Monastyrskiy, was forced to seek cover as the shells exploded, shortly after he gave on camera interviews to international media, AFP correspondents saw.
