(ANSA-AFP) - KIEV, 18 FEB - Fierce fighting in eastern
Ukraine killed one Ukrainian soldier and wounded several others
Tuesday, Kiev said, in the worst clashes in months with
pro-Russian separatists. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
said the bloodshed was a "cynical provocation" that undermined
new efforts to resolve the conflict. Zelensky said Kiev is
committed to peace but that Ukraine would be "resolute in
resisting any armed aggression". One Ukrainian soldier was
killed and four wounded after they came under fire from weapons
banned under a ceasefire agreement, the military said. It said
separatists attacked Ukrainian positions near the villages of
Novotoshkivka and Krymske, less than 10 kilometres (six miles)
from one of three zones from which both sides agreed to withdraw
forces last year. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said both
sides had suffered casualties, adding that Moscow "does not know
the details of what provoked the clash". (ANSA-AFP).
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