Ukraine Army Sees Worst Day Since Truce as Battles Flare -- Bloomberg
Ukraine’s army endured its deadliest day since signing a cease-fire with pro-Russian militants 3 1/2 weeks ago, straining efforts to find a lasting settlement to the six-month conflict in the nation’s east.
Nine Ukrainian servicemen were killed in attacks during the last 24 hours, including one incident in which separatists fired at an armored personnel carrier from a tank near the airport of Donetsk, the combat zone’s largest city, according to military spokesman Andriy Lysenko. Twenty-seven soldiers were wounded as troops repelled “two powerful storms” by rebel fighters, while government forces killed 50 militants, he said.
“Despite the cease-fire regime, terrorists and Russian mercenaries keep shelling Ukrainian positions,” Lysenko told reporters today in Kiev, the capital.
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