Ukraine’s military spokesman Lysenko says that as well as Russia increasing troops on the peninsula they are also amassing troops near Kharkiv and Sumy regions

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He also says that they see no signs from Russia to defuse tensions and Ukraine forces killed about 50 rebels yesterday.

Obviously only one side of the story but it’s worth keeping one eye on this situation as if there’s an incident between Ukraine and Russia directly then we’ll see trades hit hard. Once again it’s also a consideration going into the weekend.