Ukrainian Troops Retake Eastern Territory as Rebels Muted
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Ukrainian government troops retook control of almost two-thirds of districts in the country’s battle-torn east and separatist activity dropped after President Petro Poroshenko ended a 10-day unilateral cease-fire.
“Militant activity has decreased significantly,” National Security Council chief Andriy Parubiy said today in the capital, Kiev. The insurgents “have taken severe losses that already count in the hundreds.”