2,900 explosions in a day. Heavy artillery and tank fire returns to the front lines in Ukraine. - The Washington Post
'An early morning artillery barrage started the latest bloody scrap in eastern Ukraine Sunday as Russian-backed militants and government troops clashed near the town of Svitlodarsk. '
'Since the conflict in Ukraine began in April 2014, nearly 10,000 people have been killed and more than 20,000 wounded, according to a United Nations report in June. '
'An international monitoring group documented almost 3,000 explosions in the region Sunday — up from 700 on Saturday and 100 on Friday. '
'Andriy Lysenko, said that five soldiers were killed and 16 wounded during the day-long battle and that Russian-backed separatist forces had attempted to break through government lines. '
'Lysenko said the Russian-backed fighters suffered about 50 casualties, but that figure could not be independently confirmed. '
[–] realist88 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The fuck russia