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Fighting in eastern Ukraine has flared up, despite renewed calls for peace at the start of the school year, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Aug. 29.

There have been “more than 70 cease-fire violations” in the fighting between the Ukrainian military and Russia-backed separatists since the purported truce began, said the organization, which deploys unarmed monitors in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.

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