The death toll mounted in the conflict between Ukraine's armed forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east as the military said it continues to push back the rebels.
Thirty-four civilians were killed and 29 hurt in Donetsk, one of the main separatist strongholds, over 24 hours, the regional administration said yesterday. Nine Ukrainian servicemen died and 22 were wounded in a similar period, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in Kyiv. More than 2,000 people have already died in the conflict. Government troops control a “significant” part of Luhansk, the other rebel redoubt, Lysenko said.
