"Fierce battle for town of Ilovaisk" Topic

Ukrainian government and rebel forces are both claiming control of the small town of Ilovaisk in the Donetsk region after fierce fighting.

"Security forces said the town was under government control but the rebels said they had repulsed an attack.

Nine Ukrainian soldiers died overnight, officials said, including an American with Ukrainian citizenship.

Fighting across the Donetsk region left 34 civilians dead and 29 injured on Tuesday alone, local officials say…"

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Dozens Die In Ukraine In Street Battles, Donetsk Shelling

"Heavy shelling hit residential neighborhoods in Ukraine's rebel stronghold of Donetsk and government forces fought street battles in other towns on Wednesday as they sought to crush a four-month-old separatist rebellion.

The forces of the Western-backed Kiev government are steadily gaining the upper hand over the separatists in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine and are tightening the noose around the main rebel bastions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Reuters reporters in Donetsk said mortar bombs had struck Chelyuskintsev Street in the north of the city, a few km (miles) from the frontline of the conflict, shattering the windows of several five-floor apartment buildings and shearing off the branches of trees and downing power lines…"
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