The Ukrainian military says three soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in fresh clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists in the country's volatile east. Two servicemen were killed by mortar fire near Avdiyivka, an industrial hub some 10 kilometers north of the separatists' de-facto capital Donetsk, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told journalists on July 25.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Kyiv says three soldiers killed in eastern Ukraine
A soldier walks through the abandoned district of summer houses in Avdiyivka on July 11.
