Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and six injured by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, a top Kiev official said on Friday.Speaking at a press briefing the Ukrainian president’s spokesman on security, Alexander Motuzyaniyk, said rebels launched more than 500 mortar and over 300 artillery shells at government-held checkpoints on Thursday, local news agencyUkrainsky Novini reports.
Newsweek: Ukraine reports 3 soldiers dead in heavy shelling
Ukrainian servicemen clean their weapons on the frontline in the village of Maryinka in the Donetsk region on July 21, 2015.
