Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed separatists have drawn closer to each other at several places along the tense front line in eastern Ukraine, monitors say, raising the risk of violent flare-ups that could wreck a shaky ceasefire.
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Reuters: In eastern Ukraine, troops tiptoeing up to front line risk heavy battles
Ukrainian servicemen look at a building destroyed as a result of night shelling by Russian-backed separatists to the flashpoint eastern city of Avdiyivka, north of the Russian-backed separatists' de facto capital of Donetsk, on Feb. 3.
