Ukrainian Army Suffers Deadliest Day in 3 Weeks in Blow to Truce
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Ukraine’s military suffered its deadliest day since mid-April, heaping further pressure on a shaky truce with pro-Russian militants in its easternmost regions.
Five servicemen were killed in the past 24 hours, four by a land mine and one in an ambush, Defense Ministry spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Wednesday. Twelve were injured, while the separatists target the town of Shyrokyne, near the Mariupol port, he said. The rebels accused Ukraine of breaking the cease-fire 55 times in the past day, including with artillery.