Ukraine said three of its soldiers have been killed in attacks by Russia-backed separatists over the last 24 hours, in the latest flare-up of violence in eastern Ukraine since a cease-fire agreement was signed in September.
Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters in Kyiv on Wednesday that one of the troops was killed by a sniper, another by small-arms fire and and a third by mortar fire in separate incidents around eastern Ukraine. A fourth Ukrainian soldier was wounded.
The attacks came as Russia and Ukraine marked Eastern Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, and ahead of a meeting between Ukrainian President Petro …read more
Source: Voice of America
