Kiev’s pro-Western leaders and mediators hoped to reach a “binding” truce with pro-Russian separatists today despite Ukraine suffering one of its bloodiest days yet in the nine-month conflict with 15 troops killed.
“In the last day, 15 soldiers died and 30 more were wounded. That is the figure for the whole frontline,” Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak told journalists.
The death toll is the highest one-day loss for Ukraine’s military since the signing in September of a nominal ceasefire deal that has collapsed totally in recent weeks.
Representatives from both sides, as well as mediators from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, …read more
Source: The Indian Express
