Since the start of hostilities in eastern Ukraine, 10,000 Ukrainians have been killed and over twice as many wounded, the deputy head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council has announced.
Fighting between pro-government factions and Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk has been ongoing since 2014. A ceasefire signed in early 2015 has come close to collapse on a handful of occasions and low-intensity fighting continues, however large-scale fighting has not been observed since last summer.
A recent flare-up of violence earlier this month killed the highest number of Ukrainian soldiers in a single day—seven, …read more
Source: Newsweek
