Ukraine Death Toll Mounts After Truce Hopes Dashed

Ukraine Death Toll Mounts After Truce Hopes Dashed

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 04:16 AM IST
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Kiev : At least 19 soldiers and civilians were killed in clashes across east Ukraine as fierce fighting raged today between government forces and pro-Russian rebels following the collapse of ceasefire talks.

  Ukraine’s military said that 13 soldiers had died and 20 were wounded over the past 24 hours, pushing the military death toll over the past two days to 28.

  Six civilians also died in fighting across the rebels’ self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic and in Kiev-controlled towns in Lugansk region, government officials and separatists said.

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