Fighting Again Intensifies in Eastern Ukraine As Russian-Backed Fighters Increase Attacks

March 10, 2017

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Another Spike In Fighting In Ukraine, Another Sign Things Are Getting Worse

As we’ve been reporting for several weeks, things continue to get much worse in eastern Ukraine as the fighting has intensified in recent months.

Wednesday there was a decrease in fighting, however: 

This morning, the Ukrainian military Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) released its report on Thursday’s fighting. Fighting has once again increased. Wednesday’s drop in violence does not appear to have been the start of a new trend. 

Unian.info reports:

Russia’s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 80 times in the past 24 hours with five Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

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Ukraine reports 80 enemy attacks in Donbas, 5 WIA's in last day

Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 80 times in the past 24 hours with five Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. News 10 March from UNIAN.

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Mar 11, 2017 03:40 (GMT)

The Ukrainian Crisis Media Center adds more detail: 
However, since those reports it appears that the Ukrainian military has suffered new casualties: 
James Miller