Sides exchange accusations of breaking cease-fire
Destroyed Ukrainian army armored vehicles outside of Donetsk airport. REUTERS PHOTO/Baz Ratner
BY PAVEL POLITYUK
AND MARIA TSVETKOVA
Reuters
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine –Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed and nine wounded as pro- Russian rebels shelled government positions despite a ceasefire deal, the military said Tuesday, announcing Kiev’s highest casualty toll in several days.
The losses underscore the fragility of a two-week-old cease-fire agreement which Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called the last chance for peace between Kiev and the separatists he says are being armed by Russia.
After the separatists initially ignored the cease-fire to launch one of the biggest offensives of …read more
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