Black day for Ukraine military ahead of key vote (via AFP)

Pro-Russian rebels firing mortar shells and grenades killed 17 Ukrainian soldiers on Thursday, the blackest day yet for the military and a dramatic ratcheting up of tensions just three days before a crunch election. The attacks in the eastern industrial…

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