Two Soldiers, One Rebel Killed in East Ukraine Fighting
Two Ukrainian soldiers and one pro-Russian rebel have been killed over the past 24 hours in fighting in the country's war-torn east despite a shaky ceasefire, officials said on Friday.
A Ukrainian military spokesman said that two soldiers were killed and two wounded as a result of the fighting in which he accused rebels of using heavy arms prohibited by a February truce agreement.
Rebel authorities said that one fighter was killed and one severely wounded in the clashes.
Fighting between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian army has killed over 6,100 people in the past year. A wobbly truce has been in place since mid-February, but fighters from both sides have been killed in ongoing clashes in a handful of areas.
Source: Agence France Presse
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