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17 killed in bloodiest fighting in east Ukraine since ceasefire
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 04 - 06 - 2015

At least 17 people were reportedly killed Wednesday in
eastern Ukraine in the bloodiest fighting since the February
ceasefire, according to dpa.
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists traded blame for
the escalation, which was predominantly within the partially
rebel-held Donetsk region.
A Donetsk rebel leader said the Ukrainian military killed 15 people
including an unspecified number of civilians during seven hours of
fighting.
"The Ukrainian side carried out a provocation, opening fire on our
positions across the entire front," Vladimir Kononov of the
self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic said in comments carried by
the Interfax news agency.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk blamed Russia for the
violence, saying that "today Russia has once again violated the
[ceasefire] agreement. ... Its terrorists began a military
operation."
Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko blamed the rebels for
launching an attack to advance into government-controlled parts of
the region.
In the neighbouring Luhansk region, an elderly couple was killed
early Wednesday when mortar fire hit their car in a Ukrainian
government-held location, about 20 kilometres from the front line,
the region's governor, Hennadiy Moskal, said on his website.
The US government blamed Russia for the attacks, saying Moscow "bears
direct responsibility for what's happening."
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the attacks were carried
out by "combined Russian-separatist forces" on the Ukrainian side of
the cease-fire line.
"They have reportedly utilized grad rockets and other heavy weapons
that should have been withdrawn under the February Minsk plan," Harf
said.
She said the Russian separatists reportedly killed one person, and
said the number of injured Ukrainians was 20. She cited the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) as one of
the sources for the casualty information.
Attempts to seize additional Ukrainian territory will be met with
more sanctions, she said.
"We'll continue to impose additional costs, and we're having those
conversations internally, certainly, and with our partners," Harf
said.
More than 6,400 people have died in the Ukraine conflict since
fighting began in April 2014, according to estimates by the United
Nations.
The separatist rebellion erupted last year in Ukraine's two
eastern-most regions after the country's former pro-Russian president
Viktor Yanukovych was ousted amid mass protests in Kiev by groups
calling for closer ties with the European Union.


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