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7 combatants killed in latest clashes in E. Ukraine

Xinhua, July 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least seven combatants have been killed and ten others injured in clashes between government troops and independence-seeking insurgents in eastern Ukraine over the last 24 hours, Ukraine's military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said here on Monday.

"In the past day, three Ukrainian army soldiers died, while three others were wounded as the result of active hostilities," Lysenko told reporters during a media briefing.

On the insurgent side, four soldiers were killed and seven others were injured in the fighting, which concentrated in Donetsk region, the spokesman added.

Meanwhile, the insurgent-run DAN news agency said that three soldiers of the rebel army and two civilians were wounded during the overnight shelling in the southern part of the restive region.

The latest casualties came amid an escalation of tensions in eastern Ukraine that started in May as the Ukrainian government and the insurgent leadership failed to find common grounds regarding holding local elections in Donetsk and Lugansk.

Overall, some 9,400 people have been killed and almost 22,000 others injured in the conflict in eastern Ukraine that began in mid-April 2014. Endit