Fresh fighting erupts in east Ukraine, three Ukrainian soldiers killed


  • World
  • Friday, 22 May 2015

KIEV (Reuters) - Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 12 wounded in the latest clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists, further eroding a three-month-old ceasefire, Kiev's military said on Friday.

Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said government forces had come under attack from separatists using large-calibre guns and mortar in several parts of the east and southeast, including near the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk.

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