KIEV: At least 24 people have died in renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine, the warring sides said, as Russia and Ukraine accused each other of seeking to torpedo a tenuous peace deal.
A senior commander of the pro-Russian separatists doing battle with government forces, Eduard Basurin, told AFP that 14 rebels and five civilians had died over the past 24 hours.
An estimated 24 civilians and 86 rebels had also been wounded, he told reporters.
Kiev authorities said that five soldiers had been killed in the upsurge in fighting.
Kiev on Wednesday accused pro-Russian forces of launching a large-scale attack on the settlement of …read more
Source: theSun
