Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed by pro-Russian rebels, officials said Saturday on the eve of separatist elections that Ukraine and its Western backers say will undermine an increasingly hollow truce accord.Losses in the last 24 hours “as a result of fighting were six servicemen killed and 10 wounded,” Volodymyr Polyovy, spokesman for the National Security and Defence Council, said.Polyovy said the deaths showed that separatist forces “continue to violate the ceasefire agreement” signed September 5.One of the main attacks took place at the ruins of Donetsk airport, which remains partly in Ukrainian hands, despite lying in …read more
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