“Defying warnings from Moscow not to confront pro-Russian militants entrenched in towns across eastern Ukraine, government forces on Thursday revived a stalled operation to regain control by force but had little to show for their efforts other than Russian military drills on Ukraine’s border and heightened alarm about Moscow’s next move.

Russia has repeatedly denied having a hand in the unrest convulsing eastern Ukraine or any intention to invade. But an announcement on Thursday by Moscow that it would immediately start military maneuvers along the border with Ukraine, and a threat by Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, of unspecified consequences for Ukraine as a result of what he called a “serious crime,” signaled a combustible new phase in a geopolitical battle set off by the overthrow of Ukraine’s government in February.”

Read more from the New York Times here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/world/europe/ukraine-crisis.html?_r=0

Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Ben Mankiewicz and Richard Eskow break down this latest escalation on the Ukraine border. Do you think we are at the brink of war? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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