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Kiev Says 2 Soldiers Killed in Clashes With Rebels in Eastern Ukraine

Fighting has continued in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire agreement. Igor Tkachenko/Reuters

KIEV — Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and five wounded in continued clashes with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine despite a two-month ceasefire, Kiev's military said Monday.

The two were killed when their armored personnel carrier was blown up by a land mine in the Luhansk region near the border with Russia, military spokesman Oleksander Motuzyanyk told a televised briefing.

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