Kyiv Says Fighting In East Intensifies

Source: RFE/RL

The Ukrainian military says that fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatists has intensified in eastern Ukraine.

Senior government official Andriy Lysenko said on May 28 that one soldier had been killed in recent fighting.

Russia-backed fighters have accused the army of carrying out dozens of attacks in recent days as both sides charge each other with not observing a ceasefire.

The uptick in violence saw a patrol from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission shot at in the Donetsk region on May 27. The mission's chief monitor, Ertugrul Apakan, condemned the attack, in which nobody was injured.


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