Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and six injured by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, a top Kiev official said on Friday.
Speaking at a press briefing the Ukrainian president’s spokesman on security, Alexander Motuzyaniyk, said rebels launched more than 500 mortar and over 300 artillery shells at government-held checkpoints on Thursday, local news agency Ukrainsky Novini reports.
“The last time we witnessed a similar intensity of fire using heavy armaments was a year ago,” he added, referring to the flare up in the region last summer, which threatened to collapse the fragile ceasefire agreement in place since February 2015.
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Source: Newsweek
