A truce ends - within hours, military action resumes.<br/> <br />As does the heated rhetoric.<br/> <br />In his latest comments, the Russian president said Ukraine had shunned the road to peace.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I want everybody to understand that our country will continue to energetically protect the rights of ethnic Russians, our compatriots abroad using all means at our disposal - from political and economic to the right of self-defence."<br/> <br />Earlier, there was confirmation that Ukraine's military was moving again against separatists in the east, from Ukraine's parliamentary speaker.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER OLEXANDER TURCHINOV, SAYING:<br/> <br />"This morning an active phase of the anti-terrorist operation has been renewed. (APPLAUSE) Our armed forces are launching strikes against the terrorists' bases."<br/> <br />President Poroshenko told Ukraine he had dropped the ceasefire to free it from ''terrorists and
