Ukraine Fighting Prompts U.S.-Russia Meeting in Paris
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Pro-Russian separatists fought with Ukrainian troops in several locations today including the Donetsk airport, marking the biggest outbreak of hostilities since a truce in the region was signed 10 days ago.
The airport in Donetsk, the biggest city in the conflict zone, has been under shelling all day, with government troops attacked near 13 villages and towns, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at briefing today in Kiev, adding that Ukrainian forces were observing the cease-fire. The assertions were contradicted by separatist authorities in Donetsk, which said its positions and civilian sites were shelled more than 40 times by Ukraine during the past 24 hours, killing 20 people.