Ukraine’s parliament has approved a mass military call-up for the country’s conflict in the east amid security warnings that Russian forces backing separatist rebels have sharply increased their activity.<br /><br /> Partial conscription will resume and authorities want 100,000 reservists mobilised to strengthen the frontline as violence escalates after a period of relative calm.<br /><br /> Parliament backed a decree by President Poroshenko to replace long-serving troops at the front and bring in veterans from the reserve.<br /><br /> Ukraine got rid of compulsory military call-up in 2013 before the removal of pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovych, which sparked the confrontation with Russia.<br /><br /> “We are seeing the resumption by the enemy of full-scale attacks and advance by the rebels and Russian troops, resulting in a full-scale continental war,” Oleksandr Turchynov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, told parliament, adding that 8,500 Russian regular forces were now deployed in eastern
