Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in ambush in eastern Ukraine-Defence Ministry


  • World
  • Tuesday, 13 May 2014

KIEV (Reuters) - Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight wounded in an ambush by pro-Russian separatists near the eastern Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk, the defence ministry said.

It said an armoured column had come under fire as it approached a bridge. Two were killed when an armoured car was hit and four others in an ensuing gunfight, a ministry statement said.

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