Three Ukrainian soldiers died when a mine exploded in the separatist-held east where isolated clashes continue to undermine a ceasefire aimed at ending a year-long war. Army spokesman Andriy Lysenko said today that “as a result of the explosion of an enemy mine … Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed, two injured” in the previous 24 hours.
There were no further details on the incident which occurred near the government-held village of Avdiyivka, a few kilometres from the separatist bastion of Donetsk, a city in Ukraine’s industrial heartland which prior to the unrest was home to a million people.
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Source: Daily News & Analysis
