Fighting continues in Ukraine despite truce
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A hospital in Sloviansk, Ukraine, which was destroyed by shelling. Photo: UNICEF Ukraine/Pavel Zmey
(VOVworld) - Four armed separatists, a Ukrainian soldier, and one civilian were killed in clashes that broke out over the past 24 hours in violation of a February truce. Shelling caused a small ammonia leak, said Ukraine’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko without providing further details. Lysenko said 12 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in clashes across the war zone.
Fighting was particularly heavy in Shyrokyne, near the strategic port city of Mariupol, military officials from both sides said. The 13-month war, sparked by the separatists' rejection of the pro-Western leadership in Kiev, has claimed nearly 6,300 lives and left well over a million people homeless.