Six Ukrainian soldiers killed ahead of separatist vote Six Ukrainian soldiers were killed by pro-Russian rebels, officials said Saturday on the eve of separatist elections that Ukraine and its Western backers say will undermine an increasingly hollow truce accord. Losses in the last 24 hours “as a result of fighting were six servicemen killed and 10 wounded,” Volodymyr Polyovy, spokesman for the National Security and Defence Council, said. Polyovy said the deaths showed that separatist forces “continue to violate the ceasefire agreement” signed September 5. One of the main attacks took place at the ruins of Donetsk airport, which remains partly in Ukrainian hands, despite lying in territory mostly controled by the separatists, officials said. Explosions were audible from central Donetsk most of the night, apparently from artillery targeting the airport. Mid-morning Saturday, explosions could be heard about every five seconds, accompanied by the sound of machine-guns, AFP correspondents in Donetsk said. There was also heavy rebel shelling of Krymske, a village near Lugansk, another major separatist town, the regional governor said.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 21:38:54 +0000
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