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| Ukraine crisis: 'Many' soldiers die in Donetsk attack | |
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| Ukraine's government has confirmed a deadly attack on troops in the eastern region of Donetsk, with reports saying at least eight soldiers died. | |
| Heavily armed "terrorists" attacked a checkpoint in the Volnovakha area, killing or wounding a number of soldiers, the defence ministry said. | |
| A Ukrainian journalist reported eight dead and 18 wounded, while a Russian website said 15 soldiers had died. | |
| Separatists have been skirmishing with security forces in Donetsk for weeks. | |
| Both the defence ministry and Ukrainian military journalist Dmytro Tymchu blamed the attack on "terrorists" - the term commonly used by Ukrainian officials for armed pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and the neighbouring Luhansk region. | |
| The Russian source, pro-Kremlin news website Lifenews, suggested that Ukrainian far right militants had attacked soldiers for refusing to fire on civilians. | |
| Ukrainians go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president but voting in Donetsk and Luhansk has been seriously disrupted by the insurgency there. | |
| The election was called after the last elected President, Viktor Yanukovych, was deposed in February amid mass protests against his pro-Russian policies. |