Ukraine Says One Soldier Killed as Fighting Persists in East

A Ukrainian serviceman was killed as fighting between the army and Russian-backed insurgents persisted in the nation’s eastern conflict zone following the deadliest month in almost a year.

The soldier died amid an artillery barrage that also wounded five others, military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said Tuesday. An “unprecedented” attack was directed at an area near the port of Mariupol, while mortars were also deployed against the army near the city of Donetsk, he said via video link from the capital, Kiev.