MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine on Saturday reported a sharp increase in attacks by Russia-backed separatists around the government-held town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, resulting in at least one civilian death. The rebels also reported increased shelling from government forces and the death of one of their fighters.
The fighting that broke out in eastern Ukraine two years ago has killed more than 9,100 people and left swaths of territory under rebel control. A cease-fire agreement signed in February 2015 in Minsk, Belarus, has significantly reduced the violence, but it is regularly violated by both sides and the political settlement that …read more
Source: KXAN
