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General Category => World News => Topic started by: EC on June 17, 2014, 08:39:52 am
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(Reuters) - About 30 Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists near Ukraine's eastern border with Russia early on Tuesday, the border guard service said.
It said separatist fighters had fired mortar bombs on government forces and border guards during the night near the city of Luhansk. It gave no details of any casualties among the rebels, who oppose central rule by Kiev's pro-Western leaders.
The separatists say government forces have been shelling their positions this week, including around the city of Slaviansk, scene of some of the heaviest fighting since the uprising began in the Russian-speaking east in April.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/17/us-ukraine-crisis-fighting-idUSKBN0ES0NE20140617