The US State department is condemning an outbreak of violence in eastern Ukraine, calling it the deadliest 1-day period in 2017.
Eight soldiers have died in the region where Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels have been fighting for more than three years.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said some of the violence was initiated by Russian-led forces...
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