Ukrainian Soldier Killed In Clashes Near Donetsk
The Ukrainian military says one of its servicemen has been killed in the country's east.
Army spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on November 15 that the soldier was killed and eight others wounded after shelling some 10 kilometers north of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.
For their part, rebel officials were quoted as accusing Ukraine of using mortars and tanks to fire on rebel-held territory.
Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists has intensified after weeks of relative calm.
On November 14, Ukraine reported the death of five soldiers north and west of Donetsk, the highest military death toll since the latest cease-fire took hold in September.
More than 7,900 people have been killed in fighting in the country’s east since April 2014.
Based on reporting by AFP and Reuters
Ukraine Votes In Second Round Of Local Elections
Ukrainians are heading to the polls in the second round of local elections.
Voters are choosing on November 15 mayors and council representatives in Kyiv and 28 other cities across the country.
Exit polls released after the first round of elections held on October 25 indicated the government of President Petro Poroshenko would retain its dominant position in the west and center of the country.
But in the south and east, voters favored the Opposition Bloc, formed from the remnants of the party of the former pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych who was overthrown in early 2014 after months of street protests.
Elections were not held in parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists and in the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in March 2014.
Based on reporting by UNIAN and TASS
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