Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in clashes in troubled east
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Ukrainian servicemen stand at a government controlled position on the front line with pro-Russia forces in Marinka, near Donetsk, on June 9, 2015.
The Ukrainian military has announced the death of three of its soldiers in new clashes between government troops and pro-Russia forces in the country’s troubled east.
“As a result of fighting, three Ukrainian soldiers have unfortunately been killed over the past 24 hours,” Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, a Ukrainian military spokesman, said on Sunday, adding that another soldier had sustained serious injuries.
According to Motuzyanyk, one of the soldiers came under fire in the village of Talakivka, some 80 kilometers south of Donetsk, and the other two servicemen lost their lives in a mine explosion in the village of Lugansk, located about 50 kilometers northeast of Donetsk.
The Ukrainian military spokesman accused pro-Russia forces of using banned weapons under Minsk truce agreements.
Meanwhile, an anonymous source with pro-Russians on Sunday also accused Ukrainian government troops of firing 130 mortars and shells overnight.
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