Eight killed in fresh Ukraine clashes

AFP, KIEV: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels yesterday reported the death of eight people in fresh clashes that erupted despite ongoing talks on a new truce agreement for the separatist east.
Government spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said seven Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and 13 injured in fighting that centred mostly around the pro-Russian republic of Donetsk.
“For the first time in several days, the enemy has resumed using artillery rockets,” Motuzyanyk told reporters in Kiev.
The military command of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic said a Ukrainian sniper had killed one woman and shelling left another 12 injured overnight.
An upsurge in fighting that broke out in mid-August and killed at least 20 people has raised renewed fears of full-scale warfare returning to the edge of the European Union’s unstable eastern front.

Eight killed in fresh Ukraine clashes

AFP, KIEV: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels yesterday reported the death of eight people in fresh clashes that erupted despite ongoing talks on a new truce agreement for the separatist east. Government spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said seven Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and 13 injured in fighting that centred mostly around the pro-Russian republic of Donetsk. For the first time in several days, the enemy has resumed using artillery rockets, Motuzyanyk told reporters in Kiev. The military command of the self-declared Donetsk Peoples Republic said a Ukrainian sniper had killed one woman and shelling left another 12 injured overnight. An upsurge in fighting that broke out in mid-August and killed at least 20 people has raised renewed fears of full-scale warfare returning to the edge of the European Unions unstable eastern front.