Ukraine on Friday reported its first military death of 2015 in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, saying a soldier had been killed and five others wounded in attacks by the rebels.
“In the past 24 hours one Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and another five have been injured because of provocative actions [by separatists],” military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told a news briefing.
More than 4,700 people were killed in 2014 in the conflict, which has provoked the worst crisis in relations between Russia and the West since the Cold War.
Lysenko gave no details of the circumstances of the attack that killed the …read more
Source: Voice of America
