Fighting kills 10 civilians in Ukraine's east
Fighting in Ukraine’s volatile east has killed at least 10 civilians over the past 24 hours, as Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russia forces continue to battle in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
Eduard Basurin, a spokesman for the defense ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said Tuesday that eight civilians were killed and another 22 were injured in shelling across the region.
Basurin added that some 63 instances of shelling were recorded across the region during the time, saying Ukrainian forces had heavily shelled the city of Makeevka, which is located close to Donetsk.
In addition, a Ukrainian government official from Lugansk, Hennadiy Moskal, said that two women were killed and a man was injured in an artillery attack on the city of Novotoshkivka, as the city was hit by several dozens of shells.
The two self-declared republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in Ukraine’s east have seen intense fighting over the past two weeks. On January 20, Ukraine conducted the fourth wave of the mobilization of its armed forces since the conflict started in April 2014, with another two planned for April and June.
The two mainly Russian-speaking regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine have been the scene of deadly clashes between pro-Russia forces and the Ukrainian army since Kiev’s military operation started in April last year in a bid to crush the protests.
Violence intensified in May 2014 after the two flashpoint regions held local referendums in which their residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation.
The fighting has left more than 5,100 people killed and over 1.5 million displaced, the United Nations says.
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