According to reports, the pro-Russian rebels have entered the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, in the new front in the far south east of the country.
This is an escalation in the conflict, at the time when efforts for peace are being made.
While the focus is now on the Non-Farm Payrolls and the echoes from the ECB decision are still very loud, the conflict in Eastern Europe could come back from the third place to the first.
NATO leaders are convening in Wales.