Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists trade accusations as Minsk deal frays


A Ukrainian serviceman digs trenches on a beach in the port city of Mariupol on the Azov Sea, March 20, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine traded accusations on Saturday, reviving concerns that a peace deal signed in Minsk in February may collapse, although monitors said the violations were still relatively limited.

One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and two were wounded when separatists shelled Ukraine's National Guard on Saturday at Shyrokyne, a village east of the port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov in Ukraine's southeast, Kiev's military said.

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