Pro-government forces reported making gains in rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, ahead of a key summit aimed at ending the unrest.
The Azov Battalion, a pro-Kyiv volunteer paramilitary group, said via Facebook it captured several villages during an offensive toward the border town of Novoazovsk.
Kyiv military spokesmen said early Tuesday at least seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the last 24 hours of fighting in the east of the country.
Much of the violence has occurred in and around Debaltseve, a strategic town that pro-Russian separatists have been trying to pry from Kyiv forces.
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Source: Voice of America
