Kiev says 2 servicemen killed in Donbass
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This AFP file photo shows pro-Russia fighters in Donbass, eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine says two of its servicemen have been killed in a military operation in the conflict-stricken region of Donbass in the east of the country.
According to the reports, Andriy Lysenko, who serves as the Ukrainian presidential spokesman for the operation, said at a news briefing in Kiev on Saturday, "The operational losses for the past 24 hours are: two servicemen killed and ten others wounded."
Pro-Russia forces say Kiev has been heavily shelling the region.
The Ukrainian government forces have shelled the territory of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) nearly 160 times over the past week, said Oleh Anashchenko, the LPR people's militia department chief.
"Despite the ceasefire that has been declared, Ukrainian security forces have shelled the Luhansk people's republic territory 158 times over the past week, resulting in 24 ceasefire violations," Anashchenko told journalists on Saturday.
Kiev started its military crackdown on pro-Russians in the east of the country in 2014.
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