By Volodymyr Verbyany and Stephen Bierman
Ukraine’s government and the pro-Russian separatists its army has been fighting reported deaths overnight, testing a truce intended to stem months of bloodshed.
A woman was killed and three people were hurt in shelling of the Skhidny district of Mariupol, the city council said today on its website. Ukrainian troops also fired at rebel positions overnight, killing one militant in the village of Makiyivka and several more in the town of Zuyevka, the self-declared People’s Republic of Donetsk said today. There’s no talk of ending the truce, according to the National Security Council.
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Source: canada.com
