DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists fought gunbattles in the eastern town of Donetsk for a second day on Tuesday, and one rebel said separatists may have lost up to 35 of their number killed in the government military offensive.
The death toll could not be independently confirmed, but Reuters journalists saw blood-spattered and bullet-riddled hulks of trucks normally used to carry fighters, indicating casualties.
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