Fighting in breakaway eastern regions of Ukraine has escalated, with seven government soldiers and about 15 Russian-backed militants killed in battles near the separatist stronghold of Donetsk, officials said.
Ukrainian defence officials on Jan. 30 accused “Russian occupation forces” of firing “using all the might of their arsenal along all front lines” from Donetsk, south towards the strategic port city of Mariupol. The separatists used Grad rocket systems in the attack, they said.
