Ukraine has reported its first military death of 2015 in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the east. The announcement comes while Ukrainian authorities threaten to silence the country's biggest television channel for broadcasting a New Year's Eve concert featuring Russian artists.
Vatican Radio: Ukraine reports first military death In new year
Ukrainian soldiers stop for a break outside the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, Donetsk region, on December 24,2014. A new round of talks aimed at ending a protracted Moscow-backed separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine got underway in the Belarussian capital Minsk, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
