A Ukrainian soldier has been killed and three others wounded amid escalation of clashes between government troops and pro-Russia forces in the country’s restive east.”Over the past 24 hours, as a result of hostilities one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another three were wounded,” Ukraine’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters on Friday.
The soldier was reportedly killed in a mortar attack in the village of Zaitseve, 55 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Donetsk.
Lysenko added that fighting along the front “has escalated” hugely, claiming that the pro-Russians had violated a shaky ceasefire 81 times since Thursday.
For their part, pro-Russia forces said …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
