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DONETSK, Ukraine -– Fighting escalated in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday after President Petro Poroshenko declared the end of a unilateral ceasefire and relaunched a military campaign to reclaim its territory from pro-Russian separatists.

Ukrainian military forces began bombarding the rebels early on Tuesday and continued to do so throughout the day, with heavy artillery and air strikes across the restive separatist strongholds of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, authorities said.

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