Five Ukrainian government soldiers and at least five pro-Russian separatists were killed in clashes in the eastern part of the country, the first deaths after more than a week of relative quiet in the conflict.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Bloomberg: Ten killed in Ukraine clashes as fighting flares
Fighters of self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk have dinner in their barrack in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on December 18, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin branded Ukraine's attempt to crush a Moscow-backed separatist uprising in the east of the country a \"punitive operation.\"
