The Ukrainian army (pictured) faces heavily armed pro-Russian rebels
BBC: Five Ukraine troops die in heavy fighting with Luhansk rebels
Five Ukrainian troops have been killed by intense rebel shelling in the east of the country, the military says, in a new escalation of fighting.
Four of them died during an eight-hour clash near Krymske, a village 50km (31 miles) north-west of Luhansk. Ukrainian forces say they killed eight rebels.
The pro-Russian rebels used mortars and machine guns, the Ukrainian military headquarters said.
There have been reports of a power struggle in rebel-held Luhansk.
The UN says more than 10,000 people have died since the eastern Ukraine conflict erupted in April 2014, soon after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. The fighting has displaced more than 1.6 million people.
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WNU Editor: The political crisis in Luhansk is what is driving this renewed fighting .... but truth be told .... the conflict in eastern Ukraine has been ongoing nonstop since the start of the war. According to the Ukraine government, just in the past 45 days 22 soldiers have been killed and scores wounded from combat and IED attacks .... Russia’s war against Ukraine has killed at least 2,774 soldiers (Kyiv Post).
More News On Reports Of Heavy Fighting Between The Ukraine Army And Luhansk Rebels
Ukraine Says Five Soldiers Killed, Four Wounded In East -- RFE
More than 20 Killed and Wounded in Fights in Eastern Ukraine -- Novinite
Five Ukrainian servicemen killed in eastern Ukraine - military -- Reuters
5 killed in eastern Ukraine in latest flare-up of violence -- Washington Post
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