Last week’s rebel advance has dashed a five-month truce and reignited the war in Ukraine which has killed more than 5,000 people.<br /><br /> In Lysychansk, near Luhansk in the east , National Guard volunteers gather their weapons as they act as back-up for the Ukrainian army. <br /><br /> They are waiting for the call from regular troops in nearby Debaltseve who are expecting a rebel attack any day now.<br /><br /> One of the volunteers known as “Menphis explained what they were up against:<br /><br /> “It’s really the Russian regular army because there are a lot of technics, like a quantity of tanks, there is no chance that separatists have got these as some kind of legacy from Ukraine.” <br /><br /> Our correspondent Sergio Cantone reports:<br /><br /> “The volunteers are expecting an attack that could happen any time because the front line is forever moving. That’s the reason why they are strengthening their defences.“<br /><br /> Separatist rebels now control half the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk provinces together known as the Donbass Region.
