After months of stalemate, it looks like Russia's long-feared new offensive in Ukraine has begun

• Russia's threats of a renewed assault on Ukraine are already coming to pass, a military chief said.
• Multiple reports indicate a flurry of Russian attacks along the front line in eastern Ukraine.
• Ukraine says Russia hasn't had much success so far but "fighting has intensified," one soldier said.

Russia has begun its long-promised war escalation in eastern Ukraine, according to one of Ukraine's eastern military commanders.