[AlAhram] Ukraine said Friday that one of its soldiers was killed in fighting with pro-Russia separatists in the east of the country, as tensions with Moscow soar.| I assume the reporter means the Donbas. |
Russia has massed troops near Ukraine's borders and the West has for weeks accused it of planning an invasion, warning Moscow of massive sanctions should it launch an attack.
The Ukrainian army said separatists had targeted its positions with grenade launchers and mortars.
"One serviceman was fatally maimed," and another soldier was injured, it said on Facebook.
Kiev and its allies accuse Russia of supporting the rebels militarily -- claims which Moscow denies.
The latest death brings Ukraine's toll in the simmering conflict to 65 since the start of the year, according to an AFP tally based on official figures, compared to a total of 50 in all of 2020.
Russia has massed around 100,000 troops on its side of the border.
US President Joe
The Big GuyBiden
...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier. Of course Corn Pop is a real person....
warned his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
of "sanctions like he's never seen" should the troops attack Ukraine.
European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
leaders on Thursday urged Moscow to halt its military build-up and return to talks led by La Belle France and Germany.
The conflict in eastern Ukraine has so far left more than 13,000 dead.