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UNIAN: Russia-backed separatists shell Ukraine positions, hit medevac vehicle

By UNIAN.

Published June 20, 2018 at 9:18 am

A Ukrainian soldier fires a machine gun in the direction of Russia-backed separatists during night combat near the southeastern city of Mariupol late on June 10, 2018.Germany and France voiced cautious optimism on June 11, 2018, that Russia and Ukraine will take steps to revive the long-stalled peace process in the smouldering Ukraine war that has claimed 10,000 lives. Despite high tensions between Western powers and President Vladimir Putin's Russia, the four foreign ministers held their first meeting since early last year to revitalise a long ignored truce agreement.

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On June 18, Russia-backed separatists in Donbas damaged in their shelling a medevac vehicle of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade of Ukraine Armed Forces, the Brigade press service reports.

According to the report posted on Facebook on June 19, the shelling lasted from 4:22 p.m. to 8:10 p.m. Kyiv time.