More Than Dozen Reported Killed in Fresh E. Ukraine Fighting

A new round of fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine has reportedly killed more than a dozen people, both civilians and combatants, threatening the complete collapse of a fragile cease-fire. Separatist sources were quoted Wednesday as saying that 15 fighters and an unspecified number of civilians died in the fighting, which took place around the government-controlled town of Mariinka, a strategic flash point just west of the rebel-controlled...

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