Three Ukrainian soldiers killed as conflict escalates

He said separatists fired more than 500 mortar shells and over 300 artillery shells in the last 24 hours in what he said was “a similar level of intensity of fire” to what the country experienced a year ago. Overall, the separatists launched 96 attacks on the Ukrainian army positions in the past day, according to the army operation press centre. Despite the intensification of enemy actions, the government forces completely control the situation along the demarcation line, the counterterrorism operation headquarters said.