Reuters: Violence escalates in east Ukraine ahead of talks
(Reuters) - Ukraine's military accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, after one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six wounded in rebel-held territories.
With fighting intensifying once more, the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were due to meet in Berlin later on Monday to discuss the next steps in implementing a ceasefire agreement signed in the Belarussian capital Minsk in February.
"The rebels have not stopped firing at Ukrainian positions ... Over the past day, the enemy has used weapons banned under the Minsk agreements," Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in a televised briefing.
WNU Editor: Everyone that I know in Ukraine is telling me the same thing .... the place is about to explode into war again. Will this foreign minister meeting in Berlin defuse tensions .... I doubt it .... because as much as they may want peace, the people on the ground in eastern Ukraine are preparing for war.
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