KIEV: Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and four wounded in fresh clashes with pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, the military said Sunday, the army’s second deadliest toll this year.
“Unfortunately, over the past 24 hours, five Ukrainian soldiers have died and four more have been wounded,” military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told reporters.
It was the second biggest death toll in a single day this year for the army after the military reported on Tuesday that seven government troops had died in the east of the country.
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Source: theSun