Two servicemen killed in past 24 hours in east Ukraine - Kiev military


  • World
  • Wednesday, 08 Apr 2015

KIEV (Reuters) - Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and four were wounded in Ukraine's separatist eastern conflict zone in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, Kiev military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a briefing on Wednesday.

He said pro-Russian rebels had fired mortars and tank rounds at Ukrainian positions on more than 10 separate occasions near Mariupol, a government-held port city, and further north near rebel-controlled Donetsk.

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